Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wonder whether Coe actually heard Christopher Walken play or read Shakespeare before hiring him. The vocal deficiencies I cited in his Hotspur last month have not diminished. I don't want to give the impression that Walken's experience has been entirely in film, when in fact he has done a dozen Shakespearean roles on stage, including Hamlet eight years ago. I should think, however, that a person who has had all these outings and has now arrived at the age of 39 still so ill-suited to Shakespeare's verse would decide to turn his efforts else where...
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi arrives in Washington this week for her first official visit in nearly eleven years. Her mission is to narrow India's differences with the U.S. on a number of issues. Among them: Washington's vocal opposition to the Soviet presence in Afghanistan, the sale of 40 American F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan and the controversial U.S. naval base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The Prime Minister's son, Rajiv, her heir apparent, will accompany her on the trip. On the eve of her departure, Gandhi discussed foreign and domestic...
...Princess Kumo-no-Taema (Tamasaburo), who journeys to the mountain redoubt of Priest Narukami (Ebizo) to seduce him and free the god of rainfall, whom Narukami has imprisoned. Tamasaburo, a picture of idealized femininity, and the virile, matinee-idol handsome Ebizo both display the mastery of gesture and vocal control that Grand Kabuki requires. Also noteworthy is Tomijuro, who plays the brave retainer in Kanjincho...
Vellucci's appearance at the party typifies the personalized brand of politics the neighborhood breeds. As the most vocal member of the Cambridge City Council, he has represented East Cambridge for more than three decades, repeatedly saying that the people's welfare concerns him more than general issues. He brags that the neighborhood is the only section of the city with a swimming pool, a skating rink and three playgrounds...
...College students have been unusually sleepy on this issue." Dr. HelenCaldicott, one of the most vocal opponents of nuclear arms, said recently.Caldicott, president of the Boston-based. Physicians for Social Responsibility, said that the high school and even the elementary school students she meets during her national speaking tours seem more aware of the nuclear threat than college students...