Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...King and Rebecca Downs as the Princess Zara, stage presence is no problem. Yet their singing lacks the true clarity and depth needed for this type of music. The actors who play the six imported Englishmen and the two younger princesses also present nice external appearances, but lack vocal strength...
Most scene changes follow a simple blackout-and-switch-the scenery-around scramble which soon becomes a bit too bouncy for comfort. The massive and ambitious vocal climaxes--such as an attempted coordination of offstage and onstage choruses--lead to moments of towering brilliance and intervals of embarrassing chaos in about equal proportion...
Registration for the draft has once again made headlines, due to the attempts of the Justice Department to prosecute several vocal non-registrant. And radicals on campus have endeavored to generate widespread student opposition to opposition, unsuccessfully, one might add. The recent dismissal of charges against David Alan Wayte, a former Yale student, for refusing to register, has raised the hopes of registration opponents that draft registration has failed in the courtroom and its legality is in question...
Last month the on holy alliance began to crumble. Breaking their vow of silence, the Sicilian Bishops' Conference issued a declaration of excommunication on those who cooperate in the Mafia's criminal activities. Cardinal Pappalardo, one of the most vocal Sicilian church leaders, called for the end of the "hatred, vendettas, abductions and homicides," the work of "some individuals or criminal groups," as he called them...
...half have brought increasing attacks on programs and legislation protecting the interests of people with disabilities and Harvard has not been immune to this trend. As a result, many people with disabilities have decided that they can no longer afford to remain silent. Disabled students have emerged as a vocal element of the Harvard community...