Word: metallic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Students went through ID card checks and metal detectors before checking their coats inside the theater and being led to the balcony--where by 9:30 the majority of the undergraduates who beat the odds and won a coveted ticket had already taken their seats...
...list of conditions met to get the permit to break ground eventually ran to 107 items. Some were major design considerations. The neighbors didn't want Meier's signature white surfaces glaring at them in the Pacific sun, and the metal cladding panels were accordingly colored a pale tan. They insisted on, and got, strict limits to the height of the buildings. And they hated the idea of culture-curious hoi polloi, 1.3 million of them expected each year, looking down into their backyards. One woman feared that visitors to the Getty would look across the valley from a spur...
...interesting circumstance for most audiences: expectation defined by the instrument itself, rather than a repertoire of standard works or recordings of well known performers. In many ways, the marimba is a very limited instrument. The wood bars that generate the sound make subtle fluctuations of pitch (vibrato) impossible. The metal tubes under each bar--the resonators--provide only a few seconds worth of audible sustain. The use of four mallets, two to a hand, limits the simultaneous articulation of tones to tetrachord. The challenge then, in both performing and writing for this instrument, is making it sing: creating lines...
...backdrop of Symphony Hall also lent a classic, almost gothic feel to the proceedings, with its black and red drapery, gold trim and metal-studded leather seats. lang walked the stage in her trademark black pinstripes like she was on Star Search, feeding off the audience's love and enthusiasm and maintaining a constant dialogue with its members. Like singers from the '20s who preceded her in loungey style, she synchronized fluid and natural movements with the simplicity and steadiness of her own voice. Even while delivering what must have been vocally straining performances, she managed to maintain an ease...
...stuff happens, so pay attention;" and Under Siege as "The Navy...a chance to blow away a lot of bad guys on a really cool big boat." The movie trivia tidbits are pretty interesting, too--mentioning that 2 Live Crew sampled "Me So Horny" from Full Metal Jacket, that Barb Wire was loosely based on Casablanca, or that Goldfinger was the first Bond movie to have merchandise marketed with it makes for good study break conversation...