Word: vocalisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Four years ago, Black political power seemed out to lunch, women were entrenched in the difficulties of ERA. This year, however, both women and Blacks promise to be an effective vocal and voting force in the election--particularly. Blacks who now boast mayors in a large number of major U.S. cities. Four years ago Reaganites harnessed religious and monetary fundamentalists, the former of whom had never really had a hand in American politics and the latter of whom had been in disarray since the days of President Coolidge. But this year a new group of fundamentalists promises to have...
...students. But the debate about whether or not periodic interruptions of a public speaker constitutes a violation of free speech is an entirely separate issue from University Hall's attempt to saddle two students with responsibility for the actions of hundreds. There were numerous students who were as vocal as the SYLers; and while a small minority of students may have hoped to drown Weinberger out completely, the great majority were simply exercising the right (recognized even by the British Parliament!) to periodically voice their dissenting opinions. By openly victimizing students who are professed communists, the administration is not only...
Still, the production, conducted by Mario Bernardi, has its attractions. No one can match Home in her nimble negotiation of the florid vocal line; she overwhelms its difficulties with an awesome display of rapid-fire articulation. As Al-mirena, Rinaldo's lover, Valente's limpid, graceful soprano contrasts appealingly with Ramey's dashing, formidable bass...
Much of the criticism of press bias comes from the organized and vocal right, but Fritz Mondale has grounds for complaint too. The press rap against him is that he is not exciting enough. At the end of the year, Columnist David Broder of the Washington Post, reviewing some of his own errors and misjudgments, concluded, "But no one, I hope, will deny me my one moment of brilliance." As long ago as January 1983, "I wrote, 'Mondale has the capacity to make the Democratic marathon dull.' Boy, did he ever!" Broder is a fair-minded reporter...
...what a morning! Cold and clear, giving a snap to the step. Bing Crosby's vocal cords would have come in handy...