Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Felici finally concluded: "... who has taken the name of [pause] John Paul." This gesture of respect to John Paul I, the gentle Venetian who had died after a 33-day reign, reinforced the cheers that were beginning to roll across the stunned square. Now it seemed to hit everyone at once. "E il Polacco!"?It's the Pole?said one onlooker. "Un Papa straniero!"?a foreign Pope?shouted others. The realization was beginning to sink in that the supposedly hidebound College of Cardinals had done not merely the unexpected but the nearly unthinkable...
...first use ever of a digital sound processor. This is a new device that modifies sound as it is performed by an ensemble by the use of mikes onstage. Much of the composition was too bland to show off the new processor, but its climax was a long, breaking roll of waves accompanied by pulsing gongs. The Holler Arcus used the more conventional method of taping the electronic part in advance. It is an impressive piece: 20 minutes of tricky synchronization in which phantasmagoric sounds from the tape conduct intense, surreal dialogue with the instrumental ensemble...
...Blondie didn't sound at all like a punk band. Those rhythm guitar chords stolen from the New York Dolls and half-spoken Lou Reed vocals weren't where they should have been. Instead Blondie propelled its music with a style from late-'50s and early-'60s rock and roll, most noticeably with a cheap, thin organ sound which will remind those with long memories of Question Mark and the Mysterions' "96 Tears...
...feel I have a unique roll in baseball," Lee said. "It's to teach the kids to go out and have fun, and don't let the bastards get you down. Don't do the things that are already bad, like commercials...
...Roll-call buzzers sounded repeatedly in both chambers. Aides gathered in corridors and hallways for hurried conferences with then-bosses. Pages scurried about, notifying Senators and Representatives of phone calls from powerful lobbyists, White House aides and even the President. Periodically, Democratic or Republican leaders rushed frantically onto the House and Senate floors to keep wavering supporters in line on key votes...