Word: singeing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only way to meet men, she said, was to join a singing group or to participate in politics. Since she said she couldn't sing, politics was the answer...
...grew by three last week as demonstrators in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia openly marked the 48th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet secret protocol that led to Soviet annexation of the three independent Baltic nations in 1940. Altogether, several thousand people took to the street to chant freedom slogans and sing patriotic songs...
...accessible copies were at the Secaucus, N.J., offices of Warner Bros. Publications. The group telephoned Warner Vice President Sy Feldman, who asked if the performers had access to a fax machine. Luckily, one of those electronic wonders was available at their hotel. In the time that it takes to sing the ballad, the band had copies of it in their hands. They performed the song in both shows that night...
...short while, Bragg had a punk band of his own called Riff-Raff. But the most influential individual in his life probably has been Margaret Thatcher, whose divisive social policies and battles with coalminers have given him something to sing out against...
...other hand," Bragg adds, "there are people who come to gigs who say, "Bill, for fuck's sake, give the politics a rest, and sing us some more love songs.'" Of course, Bragg sees no reason why either set--"the politicos" or "the soppy ones"--should stop coming to his shows and buying his records...