Word: pattonism
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...stack of vintage records in an old uncle's attic. The opening track, Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, churns to a boogie-woogie-ish beat; the radiant Moonlight evokes Tin Pan Alley crooning and Western swing; and on the song High Water, Dylan pays tribute to blues pioneer Charley Patton. "All my songs, the styles I work in, were all developed before I was born," says Dylan. "When I came into the world, that spirit of things was still very strong. Billie Holiday was still alive. Duke Ellington. All those old blues singers were still alive. And I met and played...
...Liberals have long spoken with contempt of Limbaugh's woofing and hooting, his mockeries of Bill and Hillary Clinton and nearly every other Democrat and environmentalist and bleeding heart to the left of George S. Patton. It must be said that Limbaugh, with three radio hours at his disposal five days a week, sometimes follows up the tomato attacks with what is often fairly sharp analysis of the issues. You may think he is wrong, but he's often more logical than liberals generally think...
...song, Hooker was all blues. In fact, Miles once said that Hooker was so infused with the sound of the Delta that he described the bluesman as "buried up to his neck in mud." Hooker wasn't all blues all by himself: there was Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charley Patton before him, B.B. King and Muddy Waters right there with him, and many, many performers after him. Early in their careers, the Rolling Stones opened for Hooker. Early in his career, Bob Dylan shared the bill with Hooker. Bruce Springsteen, Ry Cooder and others have all paid tribute to Hooker...
...thinking helped establish the baseline theory of negotiation," Patton says...
During the Cold War, Fisher co-authored an article with a member of the Politburo, the policy-making body of the Soviet Union, that became official Soviet policy. According to Patton, Fisher pioneered ways in which opposing sides can work together even when they disagree on fundamental matters...