Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...musical amenities. The scoring combines respect for tradition with a verve that comes within hailing distance of being ideal. The singers perform zestfully, even when Sellars requires the principals to sing lying on the floor, as if they were practicing some new kind of aerobic exercise for the vocal cords. Instead of reinforcing the staging, or indeed placing it in the kind of paradoxical context limned by Brecht and Weill, this straightforward musicality puts the brakes on the rambunctious staging. The rhythms of the songs and the pace of the action are too different, which may be why the single...
From these media presentations and closed doors whispers about U.S. college admissions one hears even the most vocal "meritocracy" guardians now advocating fixed quotas for Asian-Americans when just a few years ago they argued vehemently against a policy of numerus clausus. Some are now even going so far as to suggest that factors such as personality, community work, and other intangibles be reintroduced as criteria for admissions. These tactics represent a serious racist attack against Asian-Americans and the ultimate in hypocrisy. The message these hypocrites are sending to Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian-Americans is clear...
...most persistent myths in the current debate is that Washington unilaterally concocted the idea of deploying new missiles in Western Europe and imposed it on unwilling NATO allies. The Soviet Union has skillfully exploited this notion to feed an increasingly vocal West European peace movement. But the idea could not be more wrong. At every step along the way, Europeans have played an important and often decisive role in setting NATO policy on the new missiles. A retrospective look at the key stages in an ironic and frustrating chapter of Atlantic Alliance history...
...Sands's efforts pale in comparison to those of the team as a whole. The rest of the lineup also had to battle back from first- or second-set losses to take their matches. At Princeton's courts, with nearly 100 vocal fans, the team showed a toughness Fish finds commendable...
...Friday, the third day of the "clump," the group occupying Ballou debated whether they should stay or go, while student opposition to the occupation became more vocal...