Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...melodic structure of Hurricane is not very original; Dylan himself used this threatening pattern before, in All Along the Watchtower. But it's effective. Luther's congas charge through the chorus with the pace of horses' hoofbeats--the uninhibited power of Hurricane's vengeance. The verses are short, clipped--the insistent bullying of a Patterson cop extracting the cooperation of Arthur Dexter Bradley...
...diagram). Each skater performs alone on the ice. Each may have some reference point in the rink-a pillar or sign-to help line up the dimensions of the figure, but the only reliable road maps are images programmed into sinew and synapses through years of etching the pattern in outlines of frost...
...same size (about 5 or 6 ft. in diameter), they must be lined up together, and the loops must be on the same axis. And with all that, the job has only begun. Back at the beginning, the skater shifts to the left skate and goes over the same pattern (still skating backward), this time starting on the inside and changing to the outside edge. The exercise is repeated three times on each foot. The ultimate goal-a single, thin track left...
Given his own conservatism and Reagan's threat to his right flank, Ford rejected the suggestions. Rockefeller's aides were philosophical about the outcome. "Once Reagan announced, it was inevitable," said one. "Personally, my instincts would be to put some distance between myself and Reagan rather than pattern myself after...
...doubtful if any trial actually took place. At best, a secret military tribunal was convened where the prosecutors and court-appointed "defense" lawyers each received their instructions from Savak and after the defendants were made to "confess" in Savak torture chambers. This has been the pattern of previous trials, as has been noted in the international press. (London Sunday Times, January...