Word: trumpeters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First, the positive signs Andrea Burke is an amazing singer. At her best, Burke's voice has sharp, cutting power of Wynton Marsalis' trumpet. Soaring and dipping to exquisite extremes. At her worst, Burke has the quality of an average Broadway chanteuse, not a bad lower bound considering the exhaustion she must suffer from doing eleven songs in a row. Burke's embodiment of the Woman is occasionally too cocky: she substitutes flip musical-theater poses in scenes which call for something more profound. Due in part to her makeup and in part to her acting. She never quites manages...
...realm of today's performing arts, energy is an overvalued coin. Its name is invoked to trumpet every gonadal excess from heavy metal to slasher movies...
...helping the all-important middle class (44% to 34%). Two-thirds of those polled think Reagan would do a better job for the rich, vs. only 7% who say that about Mondale; that, however, is hardly a finding the President would be inclined to trumpet...
...support the party's presidential nominee, Jackson is determined to leave some room for bargaining on behalf of his supporters by warning that his endorsement might be less than ringing, depending on "our roles, our responsibilities and our proximity" in the campaign. "I'll play a trumpet with a clear sound to signal where we are relative to presidential politics," Jackson told the Washington Post. He added that the Democrats needed his "voluntary, enthusiastic support" to ensure a large Black turnout, but that he was not "obligated to work for the candidate as if I had a staff...
...sponsorship deal in history. To help operate and supply the Games and train U.S. athletes, scores of firms have donated upwards of $180 million to the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. The companies will spend an additional $500 million on advertising and promotion to trumpet their participation in the hope of boosting prestige and profits. Most sponsors claim to be confident of being paid back amply in public good will and employee morale. Says Xerox Spokesman Sandy Lanzarotta: "If there is anything in the world positive to be associated with, it is the Olympics." Adds...