Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...party's power monopoly. That was the apparent aim of Party Boss Stanislaw Kania's surprise visits to Prague and East Berlin last week. Party Bosses Gustav Husak of Czechoslovakia and Erich Honecker of East Germany have been, along with the Soviets, the most bitter and vocal critics of Poland's liberalization. Western analysts saw Kama's back-to-back meetings with them as an attempt to reassure his skeptical comrades and gain enough time to bring the Polish crisis solidly under control. Significantly, press coverage of Poland was muted throughout the East bloc last week...
Indeed, Weicker's gregarious style, immensly popular at home, has won him few admirers in Washington. He takes every opportunity to make long-winded, self-righteous speeches during floor debates, and has been accused of milking his vocal anti-administration stand during the Watergate hearings for more than it was worth. He traditionally sponsors an eclectic array of legislation and though he sits on several influential committees, few consider him an effective lawmaker...
Before a deafeningly vocal home crowd of supporters, Palmer pulled away from teammate. Carol Downey at the 400-yd. mark of the 500 free to win by a mere half-second. Her victory in the 200 back was more clear cut--Palmer touched a full two seconds ahead of Kaili Chun to become the meet's first double winner...
...medium-sized crowd of Crimson fans was cancelled out by about 1000 rather vocal Northeastern rooters who transferred from the Green Line at Park Street and made straight for the top floor...
...before but the great ones?" There is a little experimentation: Donizetti's Don Pasquale will be reset in modern Cuba. TOT is also limited to operas in which the chorus is not essential and which do not call for either heavy orchestration or the kind of big, heroic vocal strength that is still beyond the capacity of the company's young singers...