Word: tunefully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Adams' contemporary, Thomas Jefferson, admiring the Maison Carree at Nimes in France. Moved by its classical structure, he decided it should be the model for the new capitol in Richmond, Virginia. "Noble, astringent, eloquent," remarks Hughes, "just what the new republic stood for." That's a series we'll tune...
...when I start coming. I've got thunder and it rings"). Others, like Story of My Father, evoke a sense of roots that go back through segregation and slavery all the way to Africa. There are also scornful lectures such as the one for rap singers in the title tune on Devil's Got Your Tongue: Lincoln accuses them of lewdly denigrating black culture to make a buck ("Tell a dirty story,/ of a lowly jerk,/ Even though the joke's on us, it's supposed to work"). Though her words can verge on sanctimony, Lincoln's impish delivery saves...
...throaty flute chants an Indian melody in "Images of India," while a gong and plucked violin strings give us a good show-tune conception of China. Venturing onto what the program tells us is "Main Street, U.S.A." (another Disney reference), the number "Only One Can Be the Best" sounds like it's being played by an unsynchronized high school band--we wonder if this sound characterizes smalltown America. In an impressive conclusion, Peters presents a charming ballad and Irish jig ("Chasin' the Rainbow"), beautifully sung by the poor Irish immigrant Maureen (Wynne Love). It is exciting to know that...
Last Second Tune-Up: Preparations for Saturday's game will be simple and business-like as usual...
...people who are going to read this magazine are the same [teenagers] who play around with their cable TV box trying to tune in static on the Playboy channel," said Adam D. Taxin...