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...Anyway, that was the reaction of the kids of 1959, who made ?What?d I Say? Ray?s (and Atlantic?s) first million-selling single. I like to think they responded as much to the musical craft of the piece as to its hedonistic invitation to ?shake that thing.? The song?s break from earlier Charles work was evident from the first note: on an electric piano that sounded like a guitar with a mitten muffling the strings. It was blues, all right, but with a Latin accent, thanks to great cymbal, conga and stick work by Milt Turner...
Despite the sudden shake-up, the Crimson rebounded from losing the doubles point courtesy of wins from Bergman and sophomore Melissa Anderson at Nos. 1 and 5. Freshman Cindy Chu split her first two sets after sliding in at No. 6 and staked out a 4-3 lead in the third frame while both Martire and freshman Preethi Mukundan battled through their respective final sets...
...Once somebody has been chosen, whoever it is has to shake himself or herself loose from where they are,” he said. “So it usually takes a few months before they are physically here...
What's the price for getting to shake hands with the President? Toiling away at the phone lines for an hour afterward, it seems. In exchange for a color-coded pass allowing access to positions along the rope line or choice seats for some Bush speeches, volunteers must agree to spend an hour after the event working the phones or knocking on doors to register voters and sign up Bush activists. Often there's no chance of escape: advance people design the speech area in such a way that the exit leads directly into the room with waiting phones...
...public opinion ... Yet Nader has managed to cut through all the protective layers and achieve results. He has shown that in an increasingly computerized, complex and impersonal society, one persistent man can actually do something about the forces that often seem to badger him--that he can indeed even shake and change Big Business, Big Labor and even Bigger Government. "My job is to bring issues out in the open where they cannot be ignored," says Nader, chopping his hands, as he often does when he speaks. "There is a revolt against the aristocratic uses of technology and a demand...