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Word: strum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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This Friday watch for Debb Galiga on piano and Bob Holmes with his guitar. On Saturday the String Fever band will provide a little bluegrass, and John McAuliffe will strum a few tunes...

Author: By Elizabeth E. Ryan, | Title: This Column Doesn't Have a Name | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

...brought him Frawley's instructions and the TV picture. Divers stood by to rescue Henson in case the tank leaked. Through a rubber sleeve at the top of the tank, Henson manipulated Kermit's head, and, using a stiff and nearly invisible black wire, made Kermit's right hand strum the banjo strings. Another Muppeteer onshore worked a radio control that allowed Kermit's left hand to do the chord changes. Now and then, between takes, someone would row over and pass a cup of iced tea down to Henson through the rubber sleeve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Those Marvelous Muppets | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...language of photography rather than the pattern of events tended to become the essential subject for many photographers. The retreat from public posture also combined with personal fantasy, reverie and wit. The result has been a rather low-pressure art that refuses to strum on the heartstrings. For convenience, Szarkowski divides the images in this show into "mirrors"?pictures that mean to describe the photographer's own sensibility?and "windows"?realist photos of fact, including the facts of photography seen as a system. In short, the romantic vs. the realist: but it is not a very strict dichotomy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mirrors and Windows | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

Peter P. Smith '78 and Joseph V. Papandrea '78 left for New Hampshire Friday afternoon to take pictures, see the sights, pick apples, and strum on the guitar and mandolin. Smith said yesterday the two Leverett House residents planned generally to "have a good time...

Author: By Susan H. Goldstein, | Title: Long Weekend Arrives | 10/8/1977 | See Source »

Even at his most vindictive, Paxton bulldozes sympathy for his cause. Backed only by a simple acoustic strum, Paxton uses his music to highlight his lyrics. An occasional beat on a bongo drum, played by Angel Allende (any relation?), lends an exotic flavor to the song...

Author: By Hilary B. Klein, | Title: Paxton: On Axing Apathy | 9/29/1977 | See Source »

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