Word: trumpeted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Revelation to John, the last book of the Bible, envisioned the end of the world as a succession of calamities announced by the sound of trumpets. Too bad for cult leader David Koresh, a man with apocalyptic yearnings, that the same book doesn't mention Andy Williams albums, marching-band music and Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made for Walkin' -- the sort of thing he actually heard last week. To pry Koresh and his followers from their armed camp near Waco, Texas, federal agents bombarded the place at high volume with irritating songs, Tibetan chants and the piercing tone...
...radio reviewing. From his base in Westport, Connecticut, he produces and distributes three daily review features, one each on movies, videos and CDs. But although his movie segment, Sixty Second Preview, is heard on 225 stations nationwide, chances are you know Craig better from the bold-faced blurbs that trumpet his opinions in countless movie ads. Craig, for example, called Passion Fish "a triumph," Shadow of the Wolf "spectacular," Love Field "fabulous" and Amos & Andrew "a hilarious & provocative comedy...
...moment or sometimes an entire life, traversing the emotional spectrum from unfettered joy to the abyss of abject despair. Sting's sonic palette has grown impressively eclectic: he illustrates each tale with a sure-handed array of dramatic colors -- a stroke of Spanish guitar here, a daub of blue trumpet there...
...conversation with has trumpet-playing friend Jerold S. Karden '75, Jones retlected on his career as a composer arranger-producer in the record and movie score business...
After his time at the Berkeley School of Music, he joined Lionel Hampton's big-band in New York. "It was like wonderland," Jones said. Jones told the audience that he and his friends often appeared at the back doors of big-name concerts with their leather trumpet cases in hand, to get in free...