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Word: melodye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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As video cameras and tape recorders grind, Welliver and the champs back up and take another crack at Kathleen. This time the melody sparkles. Welliver, after all, is no tyro. He has been singing tenor in the Omaha Central Statesmen Chorus for 14 years. But like most of the 6...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Going for the Bird | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

The Man in the Stands notes with pleasure that Pia Zadora is singing I Am What I Am at the Hotel Lotte, and that the Korean Film Week begins with such local classics as Surrogate Woman and Potatoes. But his biggest moment comes just sitting in the stands of Songnam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Views From Row Z | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

An admirer of "that kind of drone quality" that was the rhythmic core of the Velvet Underground, Mercer works on Feelies material at home, on his own, then brings it in for his four partners to "mold to the melody." "Glenn writes the lyrics, though," says Million. "We don't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Dawn of the Feelies | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

Much of Breathing Lessons takes place while Ira and Maggie are in their car. Driving with one's spouse is, of course, a leading cause of marital tension, especially if one of the party has just banged up the conveyance. Max's funeral provides an opportunity for the class of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Praise of Lives Without Life-Styles BREATHING LESSONS | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

The Republicans expropriated not only themes but also a melody. At the close of Reagan's sentimental farewell, the Superdome band struck up a spirited rendition of a familiar song: Happy Days Are Here Again. That diehard Democratic anthem, F.D.R.'s signature tune, had been handed down to such Democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans: A Big Time in the Big Easy | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

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