Word: soft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same Better Than Ezra that made their smash debut in 1995 with "Good" and "In the Blood"? With their innovative third major release, How Does Your Garden Grow? the group has branched into new directions of synthetic sounds and vocal distortion while also continuing in the tradition of soft ballads and often teary-eyed lyrics. The result is an eclectic, although sometimes confused, mixture of past successes with fresh and promising new sounds complemented beautifully by Kevin Griffin's passionate vocals. Yet with all of the high merits of the new album, the live performance Thursday night at the Avalon...
...soft ballad "A Search for Peace" hushed the room in the first set, allowing the sax to whisper melodies in the silence. Next came "Giant Steps," one of the most difficult compositions in all of jazz. "Giant Steps" began slowly--as a tribute to the original 'Trane. The audience could not believe the rapid chords that blazed through the air. As the song ended, bodies that sat at the edges of their seats languidly slouched back, fatigued and in awe. A buzz of recuperation and conversation filled intermission, as a humble figure in black began mixing with the crowd...
...only sound in the bakery is soft Persian music as Tahmili nimbly squeezes dollops of dough onto a greased cookie sheet...
...fast: Reps. Marty Meehan (D-Mass.) and Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) both estimate a hefty 60 Democratic defectors to the GOP proposal. That's not surprising, given the number of Dems in swing districts who might be fatally wounded at the polls next month if they appear to be soft on impeachment. Party leaders can do nothing to stem the flow, says Kanjorksi: They "recognize it's an individual conscience vote...
...cost them votes in the suburban districts, where the most important battles are being fought. In Oregon, Wu and Bordonaro, neither of whom has ever held office, are jostling each other for the middle. Bordonaro, 30, having run in the 1996 G.O.P. primary as a Newt Gingrich acolyte, now soft-pedals her personal antiabortion stand and her opposition to gun control. Wu, 43, who immigrated from Taiwan when he was seven, has styled himself in Clinton's New Democrat mold, stressing fiscal discipline. Both candidates say education is their top priority...