Word: umlaut
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...more serious note, the band will go down in history as one of the pioneers of the now infamous “heavy metal umlaut,” joining the ranks of Motörhead, Assück, Hüsker Dü and Blue Öyster Cult. Yet, all was not well in the kingdom of tough German punctuation; The Crüe era of sex, drugs and little rock and roll came to an end in the early ’90s with the departure of drummer and Playböy sugardaddy Tommy Lee. But the band...
...reason it did so is closely related to events that occurred that same autumn day, half a world away, at the Hague. Thousands of policymakers and scientists from all over the world had gathered, hoping to dot the i's, cross the zeds and umlaut the o's on the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The protocol was devised to curb the industrial emission of six gases, CO2 among them, that are slowly--actually quickly in geological terms--turning the earth into a hothouse. But no final accord was reached...
Retro-bikes cannot be an accessory to just anyone. The retro-bike is merely the final complement--the ascot to the suit, the umlaut to ubermensch, the affectation to the accent. Male retro-bikers should therefore include a combination of the following in their assembled visage: either jet black or platinum blonde hair (depending on your sexuality), plastic rimmed rectangular glasses, a blue button-down shirt made of light material, a blazer of either corduroy or velvet (not contingent upon your sexuality), deep brown, well-fitting pants, and an essential leather satchel (for your manuscript, of course). In winter...
Malcolm A. Heinicke '93, the council's vice chair, said the band Umlaut, which consists of Harvard undergraduates, will perform in New Haven at no profit...
...fall of junior year, Whelan and Tarver joined forces with guitarist Corey Brennan, classics grad student and former member of the hardcore band Meltdown. Drummer Chris Guttmacher ("with an umlaut over every vowel," says Tarver) joined the trio and they wrote "tons of songs in three weeks." All they needed was a singer to sing them...