Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...music--half a millennium's worth of jigs and reels--on such contraptions as the tiompan, the uilleann pipes, the bodhran and the tin whistle. The only instrument they lacked was a charismatic human voice. It's true that one band member, Kevin Conneff, was given to "singing the odd song now and again, when we let him," as the Chieftains' chief, Paddy Moloney, said in 1991 on their Grammy-winning album An Irish Evening. Still, these gifted sidemen knew they could use a strong lead singer...
...fact is, that team never arrived. From day one, however, the Crimson was a group of 20-odd players who showed that they would put in an extraordinary effort day-in and day-out and not let up. They did not care what anyone thought, except themselves...
...advantage to removing Clinton from Washington, where the Republican leaders of Congress often make him look like a bystander. White House officials have also discovered that Clinton can more easily appear the leader in opposition than in power, fighting against things instead of for them. It is an odd, frustrating position for someone who arrived in Washington two years ago brimming with ideas, promising change and assuring the public that he and the Dem-ocratic Congress would break gridlock. This year his most notable acts as President will be to create gridlock, with vetoes of Republican legislation he considers extreme...
...think his greatest accomplishment is puttingthe place back together," says a former BusinessSchool administrator who requested anonymity."When he took over, the faculty was somewhatadrift--they felt that their mission wasuncertain, that they were the odd duck out. Johnreminded the faculty what was good about...
...peeling gold paint and rows of bare bulbs seem to portend a long evening at the Emerson Majestic Theater. Like the theater's facade, much of Leonard Bernstein's music has not weathered the thirty-odd years since its premiere as well as it might. But the verve and slick packaging of the Boston Lyric's production keep the show afloat, and prove that the company can hold its own in the world of American musical theater...