Word: tinning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tin-Ming L. Hsu '00 addresses the lack of more substantial University attention to ethnic studies every Monday evening, leading a weekly discussion group through the Asian American Association (AAA) "to demonstrate the interest and scholarship in [Asian-American issues] in the absence of an ethnic studies department...
...need the thrill of a graphical environment, you can use a UNIX program called "tin" to access newsgroups. After logging in to your fas account, type "tin" at the prompt...
...Harvard class ring was long gone, pawned years before with a pair of cufflinks, when Robert E. Mack '47 spent his first day inside the Yellow Tin Box on the streets of Manhattan...
...effects Galway invoked in this movement, while dramatic and entertaining, in no way detracted from his musical and technical mastery. The piece climaxed as several young flutists and drummers from local music and high schools marched through the hall to join Galway on stage. Galway then took up a tin whistle and led them out. The concerto ended in complete darkness. This piece could have been an utter disaster, but it succeeded thanks to Galway's charisma and stage presence...
Crossover is nothing new. The Viennese violinist Fritz Kreisler recorded Irving Berlin tunes in 1927, around the same time that a Tin Pan Alley refugee named George Gershwin sent wigs flying with such concert scores as An American in Paris. What has changed is that today's listeners, raised in an era of shrinking arts education, are showing less interest in the classical standards. Meanwhile, younger classical performers, themselves suckled on pop, want to play it, not only to make big bucks but also because they like it. When Jean-Yves Thibaudet, famous for his interpretations of Ravel and Rachmaninoff...