Word: tuned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...little of Shakespeare, a little of Sam. "Since time takes a constantly accelerating toll of those of us who live many years," he intoned, "it is simply not reasonable for me to assume that my eye will remain undimmed and my natural force stay unabated for so long a tune...
...South Africa today the list of American firms with a stake in the flourishing white economy is well over 300. They reap rewards to the tune of $1 billion per year for helping maintain an oppressive white minority rule over 16 million non-whites...
Even in these works the singing was clean and in tune. But the sustained "nnnn" at the end of each Amen was objectionable...
...brief career assisting a maker of samurai swords. That may be, but Nagare himself takes no interest in the sword theory. Says he: "The only way possible to prevent myself from being overwhelmed by the great glories of nature at Shikoku is to turn incessantly erotic." Each tune he sculpts a male image, he counters it by making something female, like a small piece that started as an image of growth inspired by the classical Japanese temple gate and ended as a powerful straddle of procreation called Inner Space...
...excitement does not begin with their first song, either. Engrossed patrons barely look up from conversations and beers. But some familiar tune--often an old Beatles song like "She Loves You"--hits with a comfortable thud of recognition and reminiscence. Drinkers smile and begin tapping their feet while their dates silently mouth the words, and quickly, the aisles of the bar are filled with shuffling, twisting dancers bumping against each other...