Word: ragging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...next hit for country star Brian Prout, of the band Diamond Rio, Congresswoman MARY BONO's new boyfriend. For a person with no prior political experience, Bono has generated some of D.C.'s juiciest headlines. Her latest jaw dropper comes from an interview she granted political rag TV Guide, in which she claims her late husband's addiction to prescription pain killers led to his fatal skiing accident. (The autopsy showed no evidence of drugs or alcohol.) In addition to commenting on her dating and hairstyles (above at last week's impeachment hearings and below in March), reporters noted that...
...missing. As Vice President William Handel helicoptered over the deluged Ulua River valley, he saw three people trapped on a patch of high ground, waving frantically. The waters rose so fast that the chopper couldn't land--and Handel, just yards away, watched them drown, tossed like rag dolls in the current...
...toenjoy playing for everyone at the Paradise thatnight, but their enjoyment was nothing compared tothe almost life-affirming happiness that they hadgiven to the members of the audience. Liz Berlinmay have received a shiny crown for the day theband spent in Boston, but the gifts her band gaveto that rag-tag crowd of music lovers wereabsolutely and wonderfully immeasurable.Photo Courtesy of Mercury Records...
...live in Cabot, it is especially likely that you haven't seen your favorite morning rag at your doorstep in a while. Katrina R. Tangen '01 writes, "I haven't gotten The Crimson in around two weeks, and nobody on my floor ever gets it." No need to take her word for it--five of her hallmates from H entry alone logged their grievances separately. The problem was deemed serious enough for the House Committee to discuss it and register a complaint: "Most of the entryways do not receive The Crimson in the morning--some entry-ways...
...there's a lot more to jazz than just a catchy beat. There were whole new chords and phrases and key changes--and moods--that the rag writers hadn't even touched yet. From 1919 to 1924 these would virtually serve as Gershwin's private playground and personal gold mine, from which the Brooklyn-born son of immigrants proceeded to extract all kinds of music, including, in one glittering shovelful, not just his famous Rhapsody but also a related song called The Man I Love. This would beget almost instantly a new kind of American song, exemplified by Porter...