Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...large plurality. The Crimson gave substantial coverage to Hughes's campaign proposals--for a nuclear test ban treaty, an end to CIA-sponsored coups, and a 35-hour work week--and ultimately gave him a somewhat lukewarm endorsement, too. But though the Cuban missile crisis evoked the most vocal radical outcry Harvard had heard in years, it also finished the Hughes campaign--few voters followed him in criticizing its "contrived and theatrical atmosphere." Not even a last-minute endorsement from Bertrand Russell helped; Hughes won only about 2 per cent of the vote--50,000 votes...
...impeachment inquiry." Republican Senator Howard Baker, a member of the Senate Watergate committee, declared that the "legalisms and narrow issues" adopted by Nixon had hurt rather than helped his survival chances and that he must surrender all "relevant" evidence to the Rodino committee. One of Nixon's most vocal supporters, Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott, has also privately warned Nixon through the President's chief Watergate counsel, James St. Clair, that the President must yield all relevant evidence...
...multimillionaire. A month ago at the Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles, the record industry's equivalent of the annual Oscar presentations, he came close to turning the affair into a one-man show by copping four major awards. The prizes included best pop vocal performance by a male for his interpretation of his own song, You Are the Sunshine of My Life, and album of the year for Wonder's most recent LP, Innervisions...
...other plans. The plump twelve-year-old who belted out Caro Nome on the Original Amateur Hour grew up to be the most famous opera singer of her generation, a tempestuous diva whose emotional pyrotechnics and lengthy affair with Aristotle Onassis often attracted as much attention as her vocal virtuosity...
...singer on her youthful beauty. Audiences have been outwardly enthusiastic, but in the lobby, complaints are heard: "I'm disappointed. We work harder than she does." Occasionally, with one ringing B, Callas can still excite concertgoers to ecstasy, casting a spell that momentarily deafens listeners to her vocal flaws. But in truth the voice is sadly diminished, and what remains is more a performer's than a musician...