Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...violent turn. In recent months, after all, one faction of Taiwan's increasingly active opposition movement has urged more confrontations to demand an end to 39 years of martial law. Wearing green headbands and carrying balloons with such slogans as LIFT MARTIAL LAW, RETURN TO THE CONSTITUTION, 3,000 vocal opposition supporters filled the plaza in front of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and listened to opposition leaders denounce the Kuomintang regime of President Chiang Ching...
Tribe said that Bok's decision to intervene onbehalf of a small vocal minority in the Trubekcase would necessitate a reappraisal of the Daltondecision...
...understand Nakasone's political troubles because he has plenty of his own in the wake of the Iran-contra scandal. In addition, Reagan has to deal with a Congress that has become increasingly protectionist. As America's trade deficit has steadily grown, political leaders have become more and more vocal in their demands for a halt in Japanese imports. Tokyo last week released new figures showing that Japan's worldwide trade surplus ballooned to an astonishing $101.4 billion in the twelve-month period that ended in March. Some $52 billion of that bulge came from trade with...
...longtime producer and drinking buddy of Costello, Nick Lowe opened the show with a short but spirited set of smooth pop. Lowe has neither the vocal talent nor the songwriting ingenuity of Costello, but his straight forward approach provided nice variety in the show. The best tune in his set was "The Rose of England," a somber and folky piece delivered without any of the irony that characterized Lowe's early work. With his cuffed jeans, loafers, and Everly-Brothers-inspired vocals, Lowe took the crowd on a pleasant ride back to the future, to the innocence and simplicity...
...story but packs its essence into a compact, ruefully funny and tensely moving 90 minutes. In odd but inspired casting, Robin Williams plays Tommy and delivers the best dramatic performance of his career. In past roles, Williams has sometimes seemed mechanical and pinched. Here his hyperactive face and vocal tics are orchestrated into a wrenching picture of panic and desperation...