Word: vocalisms
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...enjoy music" for its own sake. But after she had moved to New York City and brought out a CD, Dreamland (Atlantic), in 1996, she lost the joy. The mixed blessings of success, the pressure to come up with a second album, the strain that required surgery on her vocal cords were all too much. She dropped out. For five years, she spent time with her family, traveled, explored Christianity and tried to "see how I really feel about things...
...professors were elected last week to the Faculty Council, four of whom were vocal critics of University President Lawrence H. Summers during the recent maelstrom about his remarks on women in science...
...tender little groove, while the Rev. undersings at all the right moments. Green has turned trash into gold before (the Bee Gees' How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?), but this time he excels himself. Shout Out Louds Very Loud Singer Adam Olenius broadcasts his influences with his vocal cords (the Cure's Robert Smith and U2's Bono), but his swing from nonchalant weariness to faint glimmer of hope on this up-tempo heartbreak tune is so winning it almost sounds new. Akon Lonely Senegal-born, U.S.-raised Akon starts his tale of abandonment with typical woe. Then...
...such an influential position in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. A native of Long Beach, Calif., who headed the diocese in Portland, Ore., before moving to San Francisco in 1995, he is known for his diplomatic skills, which temper his conservative positions on most doctrinal issues. For example, though a vocal opponent of Mayor Gavin Newsom's flurry of gay weddings last year, Levada had earlier worked out a Solomonic solution that resulted in health benefits for gay partners. He has been criticized for his slow and secretive response to priest sexual-abuse scandals in San Francisco, where at least...
Several Houses sent large contingents of vocal supporters to cheer on their nominees—Winthrop residents even brought along a canine mascot to escort McCambridge down the aisle during the formal-wear competition...