Word: tunings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...song Happy Birthday to You! is on the block. While the tune may seem like public property, it is one of some 50,000 copyrighted songs owned by the Birch Tree Group music-publishing company of Princeton, N.J. The company's longtime owners, the Sengstack family, are putting it up for sale at an asking price of at least $12 million...
...many television viewers will tune in to Miami versus New Jersey? The more no-names the NBA puts on its courts, the fewer people the league will attract to its games...
Union members sang familiar tunes withcustomized lyrics, such as "McHarvard," avariation on the McDonald's television advertisingjingle, and "If We Had a Union" to the tune of "IfI Had a Hammer." A few participants brought theiryoung children along, carrying thempiggyback-style as they marched...
...have through much of the campaign, both Bush and Dukakis peppered the debate with carefully chosen code words designed to camouflage their vulnerabilities. Bush, whose privileged background is alien to the life experience of most Americans, kept harping on the word values as he proclaimed that he was in tune with "the heartbeat of the country." For Dukakis, who often seems closer in spirit to Roger Rabbit than Rambo, his mantra was the adjective tough. Whether it was tackling the "tough choices" on domestic spending or the "tough and difficult decisions" on Pentagon weapons, Dukakis used the word to portray...
KEITH RICHARDS: TALK IS CHEAP (Virgin). From the shaking dance-club tune Big Enough to the sinuous Locked Away, Keith Richards' first solo album is a gas. Surprise: the hardest rolling Stone is a take-charge songwriter. Who needs Mick...