Word: musics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shoplifters Will be Experimented On," a sign warns shoppers at Dollar-a-Pound. The rock music and pink and blue brick walls indicate they're not kidding...
...record was a Top 40 hit and launched Freberg on a burst of satiric inspiration. He shadowed the pop-music hits of the day with his own meticulously crafted parodies. Doing most of the voices himself, Freberg skewered the schmaltzy Johnnie Ray and the early Elvis, made fun of gabby folk singers (Rock Island Line) and Harry Belafonte's calypso shout (Banana Boat). Freberg's parodies were notable not just for their dead-on mimicry but also for the sophistication of their musical commentary. A jazz lover, Freberg fought a rearguard action against rock 'n' roll, which he considered undisciplined...
...speak for murdered civilians) that could lead to international sympathy for Saddam Hussein, the U.S. has opted for dropping friendlier, 2,000-lb., laser-guided bombs on military targets. We've tried warm-and-fuzzy wartime techniques before, like when we blasted MANUEL NORIEGA's compound with loud rock music. Once, the CIA considered a plot to make Fidel Castro's hair fall out by putting thallium powder in his boots. The Army also fed unsuspecting U.S. soldiers with LSD. You don't get much warmer and fuzzier than that...
...week at the ranch. He mastered new roping skills, learned to ride again and particularly enjoyed "taking the cattle out to the pasture, which was very quiet and near the Cochise stronghold where the chief held out against the U.S. Cavalry for several months." Always fond of Western music and life, Jelden is grateful for his wife's gift: "I did get to live out a fantasy...
...software side, Apple includes its new iMovie, a consumer-oriented program for editing digital video. You can plug your digital camera right into the iMac, add sound tracks, titles, music and special effects and edit away. Also, starting next week, the machine will ship with Apple's latest operating system, 9.0, which offers too many new features to list here. My favorite: a speech-pattern security system to keep interlopers off your machine...