Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weapons a criminal offense. Voters should not be distracted with questions of the measure's constitutionality or jurisdiction, for, in the final analysis, the courts will decide such questions. In addition, a too-often overlooked section of the referendum, the severability clause, preserves those parts of the referendum found sound, even if other sections are judged unconstitutional...
...with any propaganda, everything seems a bit too polished and perfect to convince insecure students that Harvard is the place for them; the scenes are so picturesque, the students so intellectually stimulated, the characters so understanding and simplistic in their descriptions of Harvard life. The authentic student speakers sound like actors, their voices clear and well-enunciated. And so, in the end, the official film captures less of a feel for the campus and its surroundings than the slick CBS caricature--even taking into account the fact that since CBS was not allowed to film inside Harvard, its scenes...
...simultaneously high and low points involve hitting the dirt: at the southern end of the airport compound, snipers are as close as 150 yds., and incoming grenades and light rockets occasionally fall near by. At night it is cool and damp. The lush sound of the Mediterranean surf is punctuated by the regular whump of outgoing mortar rounds aimed into the Chouf foothills and, every ten minutes or so, the clatter of a Lebanese Army .50-cal. machine gun firing at Druze militiamen and their allies. Each morning before 8 a.m. the troops finish breakfast (eggs to order, French toast...
While the tape used such sound effects as chanting crowds and pealing bells to dramatize pre-Revolutionary War events, a relaxed narrator guided Ryan along Boston's Freedom Trail, even anticipating his questions about the locations of telephones and restrooms. Ryan rated the tour "first class." Said he: "It's fun to have your memory awakened...
...shows that have revolved around the summer game can be counted on the fingers of a catcher's mitt: Ball Four and The Bad News Bears. Both lasted less than a season, giving credence to the network adage that sports only play on the field, never on the sound stage...