Word: simmered
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...known as reggae," says David Katz, Lee Perry's biographer and author of Solid Foundation: An Oral History of Reggae (Bloomsbury). At Studio One Perry had helped break the Wailers, a Ska-beat vocal trio led by the young Bob Marley, promoting the band's breakthrough single of 1964, Simmer Down. And in 1969 Marley came through Upsetter's doors to record classic cuts such as Small Axe and Duppy Conqueror. Although Marley was to become reggae's greatest export, back then the Wailers weren't Jamaica's only stars. "They weren't even the principle ones," says Steve Barrow...
Maats: Most DJs just have to understand the people, know what they want, and feed into it. When to bring the flava, and when to simmer. It’s about knowing what they want and giving it to them. And that’s what I’ll do as UC President—lead the people...
...somewhere. I bet she goes to that place in Massachusetts—I think it’s called Harvard? But really, how many more rowdy-rock-star-crazy-skater-wild-party-animal types will that school let in? Its reputation is getting a little out of hand already! Simmer down now, Harvard...
...time I put Nash aside for Ernie Kovacs, Harvey Kurtzman, Lenny Bruce and the more aggressive comic geniuses of that decade, For I had determined that wit needed to explode, not simmer, and that a good joke was one so convulsively head-turning that it sent you to the hospital for swiveling-neck aid, And that it was harder to be funny than to be droll, as it is harder to create a joke than a platitude, Since a comedian requires ingenuity, while a humorist can coast on a querulous attitude. As the '50s ceded...
...isolated cases but a pattern of deception by a large number of companies. In one survey, more than half of corporate chief financial officers said they had been pressured by their bosses to cook the books, if not to a full boil then at least to a simmer...