Word: vocalisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chamomile, or foursquare, like a sermon on a six-string. MacGowan sing-snarls like a saloon rowdy. His mouth, missing several prominent teeth, has attracted almost as much press attention as his voice, perhaps because they make such a perfect match. There is nothing pretty about a MacGowan vocal; the beauty comes later, after he has given the ear a good boxing, and the lyrics settle -- very gently, really -- on the heart...
...strong system for investigating unnatural deaths is becoming increasingly necessary. Capital punishment has returned. Defense attorneys are more aggressive in challenging the accuracy of evidence. Citizens groups are more vocal in their charges of police brutality. Warns Baden: "It's more important than ever that we don't make mistakes." A lax system will erode public faith in the credibility of the medical examiner, and that would be a crime...
...rest of his life. The feeding frenzy--by the press, elected officials in the Bay State and the public at-large--has been incredible. And many of those attacking Dukakis now (the Boston Globe and the state's democratic leadership spring to mind) were among his most vocal supporters just 12 short months...
...abortion mattered a lot more to the antis than to the pros; that is already starting to change. The new politics of abortion will also put many Republican politicians in the sort of bind Democrats have been in more often in recent years: trapped between the demands of a vocal interest group at the core of their party and the preferences of the moderate voters whose support they need. They cannot abandon the human-life amendment without hell to pay. Now that it matters, they cannot continue to trumpet this extreme position without at least heck to pay. It will...
Liem's appointment, which took effect July 1, makes him the only acting master of the 12 houses who is a member of a minority group. During the search for a new house master this spring, minority students were vocal in their support of Liem...