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...last it's on to the geopohtically squared circle: a screaming crowd (except for the Politburo in its box, deadly quiet), pounding music, blows that resound as if someone were holding batting practice with watermelons. Can Rocky weather the terrible punishment of the early rounds? Will he get in some good licks for poor beleaguered capitalism? Will the assembled proletariat discern the greatness of his spirit and, setting aside all propaganda (and KGB) considerations, start cheering for a democratic working man? Will Rocky get the opportunity to make, of all things, a plea for détente? Only if you have...
...Consort. Only in Victoria's great age, when she plucked up heart and spirits again, emerging as Empress of India at the climax of Britain's greatest period of Imperialism, was the Queen for a twilight span surpassingly adored. Down the ages the name of Victoria will resound, while the fifth George is perhaps secure in history only as George V. But all his life he has been and today he remains England's Most Satisfactory King...
...Another pronounciation may do just as well; Harry Smith of "Biography" says it "Gei-zell." Anyway, we're all here to resound and rejoice for the man whose original name sounds like "Soyce." So let me without further ado introduce the man whom ten million kids treasure as Seuss...
...chatter in Mather’s dingy halls of power: those who once talked of earth-shaking malletted tones now talk of “gong-related program activities.” Forget Kirkland—did any Houses in the region have functioning gongs ready to resound at any interhouse interloper within seconds, as has been claimed by the most ardent hawks? The more time passes, the more it seems like Mather is only after the DeWolfe apartments, now occupied by Kirkland affiliates, that it mentioned in its declaration...
...highlights. Their notes ring like chimes in all ranges, yet the sound is full and well-rounded, even in top notes. The orchestra tends to get carried away on occasion, playing the swelling crescendos with slightly too much crescendo for the acoustic environment and for the singers who must resound above it. Lynch’s voice, however, always resounds fully above the orchestra...