Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead of putting forth dangerous suggestions in the name of a flawed meritocracy. Bok should be lobbying against the aid cuts wholesale. His vocal opposition will do far more for the cause of equal access than will his acceptance of the cuts as inevitabilities to be dealt with somehow...
...Vanessa Redgrave is not healthy for children and other human beings," Dershowitz said The actress has often been criticized for her vocal support of the Palestine Liberation Organization...
...PASSING of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company last fall was the occasion for just as much gloating as mourning. A vocal contingent of inveterate Gilbert and Sullivan scorners saw the company's demise as a fitting end for the world's leading enforcer of dramatic stagnation. Thousands of deserving new plays are written each year, they grumbled happily--how preposterous it was to sink in so much money to produce the same few operettas over and over again...
...many performers are drawn from outside the College--long-standing, misguided G & S Players practice--the strongest and most professional performance in the operetta comes from a freshman: Nan Hughes as Tessa, one of the gondoliers' brides. Hughes is a natural actress, and her commanding, sensuous mezzosoprano is the vocal equivalent of chocolate-chocolate chip ice-cream. Margery Hellmold's performance as Casilda is further proof that first-rate singers enroll at Harvard: her soprano has a rare purity and vigor but never becomes inappropriately operatic...
Unfortunately, more than "modest" support is needed if the Foundation is ever to rise above ground level. Without active and vocal supporters and an infusion of resources and personnel--the Foundation will undoubtedly die a quiet death, its hopes and promises unfulfilled...