Word: turned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...album is like a second date. Everyone has had time to mull things over and to build up unreasonable expectations. Things went so well the last time, but that only makes the pressure even greater. You have to live up to that great first impression, every nuance can suddenly turn self-conscious and, worst of all, you can finally make that big blunder that you miraculously avoided last time round. Beck's new album, Mutations, suffers from these post-success symptoms all over the place. Rather than depart too much from his established persona or strain too hard to maintain...
...night, the tension peaked. According to Klein, the stereo next door was playing loudly, so Klein banged on the wall, an action he considered a sort of international symbol for `turn down the music.' The volume remained constant, so Klein banged again...
...part of cross-country is mentally being able to overcome changes in pace," Martin said. "A lot of times the first mile can turn into a barn burner and you'll end up sucking wind early in the race, but that's the makeup of a really great runner--someone who is able to react to changes like that...
...Strong interviews have had such incredibly traumatic childhood, that their stories become distended from reality for the reader. A typical testimony begins, "Cherie doesn't remember when the abuse began." While Strong does a good job explaining why people having gone through this kind of trauma in childhood would turn to self-mutilation affects those who have experienced more subtle traumas in their childhood, traumas that can be more easily overlooked by parents and caretakers...
...people of Boston, unfortunately, did not turn out in droves to see James Galway, perhaps the most well-known classical flautist of our time, perform an all-Baroque concert on Sunday afternoon with some of his longtime collaborators: harpsichordist Phillip Moll '66, violist Sarah Cunningham, baroque violinist Monica Huggett, and flautist Jeanne Galway, James Galway's wife. There were many empty seats at Symphony Hall, and at the beginning of the concert Galway apologized to the audience for keeping it in on such a beautiful day. He and his friends then proceeded to give a concert that was as wonderful...