Word: singed
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...envelop Carnegie Hall with her powerful contralto as other vocalists might fill a phone booth. This was not some pruny European monarch but a stout, imperious queen of African-American music. She used that amazing instrument to bear witness to the pain and perseverance of her ancestors. Some folks sing songs. Odetta testified...
...When the tune of “10,000 Men of Harvard” played as the credits rolled, I could barely contain the urge to sing along. There was no cynicism involved, only a repeat performance of that genuine school spirit that Harvard students usually only get to experience once a year, and now I had enjoyed another inspiring Crimson victory less than a week after this year’s installment of The Game...
McCartney, Paul •eagerness of to sing "Michelle" to Mrs. Obama...
...clubs at night and on the Malecn in the mornings--music. At Gonzlez Coro hospital in Vedado, where my wife was working for the summer, surgeons broke out a boom box in between patients and invited nurses and med students alike for an impromptu salsa session. Dance, sing, smile, repeat: the cultural cure for whatever ailed the revolution...
...make the wait more bearable, the hosts, Sheik Mohammed al-Hais and his brother Hamid, have laid on some traditional entertainment. A small group of line dancers (all men, naturally) sing paeans to the might and valor of the tribes of Anbar. "Throw us on the enemy, and watch them flee," they chant, to the accompaniment of drums. In centuries past, this is how tribal armies psyched themselves up for battle. (See pictures of Anbar sheiks coming together...