Word: mantras
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Except that the we-will-be-champions attitude became the mantra of my high school class. When we were freshmen, Asa played light minutes as the sixth man on the team, while Mark Mulvey and a forward named Kevin LaPierre were on the varsity roster but saw mostly jay-vee action. Three more of my classmates were full-time members of the jay-vee squad. I was the freshman squad's scorekeeper...
...Pressure's On," is one such song: the weirdly hypnotic synthesizer, the surreal, breathy vocals and the only occasionally comprehensible lyrics combine to create a liquid, seductive, trippy sound. A later track, the aptly titled "Rhythmic Dreams," has a similar effect, but relies on a steady jungly drumbeat and mantra-like vocals to give the piece shape and draw in the listener. These and other tracks utilize non-musical noises, like dripping water, crickets, and talking voices, to form a foundation of sound under the music itself As in a dream, the sound is just barely tangible yet gives...
...spread in Brussels last week for a grand conclave charting the future of NATO. Foreign ministers representing the 16 partners in one of history's strongest, most successful alliances arrived with words intended to reaffirm its solidarity, even as the war in Bosnia was testing its inner strength. The mantra of the hour was articulated by Warren Christopher, who came armed with a freshly retuned U.S. policy toward a corner of Europe that has defied Western peacemaking efforts. Declared the U.S. Secretary of State: "The crisis in Bosnia is about Bosnia, not about NATO...
Clinton did understand these facts as he campaigned for the presidency in 1992. He preached against the unfairness of the Reagan years, which provided tax breaks for the wealthy. His mantra was that people who "work hard and play by the rules" were getting worked over by pols who played around with the rules. But once in office, Clinton seemed not so much a friend of the working class as a captive of the economic and cultural elites. Most disastrously for the Democrats, he failed to understand that the most powerful expression of middle-class economic anxiety is an insistence...
Future House SpeakerNewt Gingrichtoday spelled out what could turn out to be a mantra in his dealings with the Clinton administration: "Cooperation yes, compromise no." In his first speech since Election Day, Gingrich warned that fundamental elements of his Contract with America were non-negotiable: stiffer criminal penalties, tax cuts, the balanced budget amendment, and a line item veto. But he said he'd cooperate with President Clinton -- provided he agreed with his policies. Gingrich reserved his harshest words for anti-poverty programs. "They ruined the poor," he said. "They created a culture of poverty and a culture of violence...