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...manner were as brassy as Midler's own, who haunted her. "It was one of those legendary performances I'd always heard about. Her spirit and the history of the part were always looming over me." There are moments when she seems inhabited by Merman's ghost, either in vocal inflections or in her movements, which are occasionally as corseted and semaphoric as the Merm's. Yet for the most part, Midler makes the role her own. She conveys much less anger than most predecessors, and rather more romance. Her relationship with manager-paramour Herbie (Peter Riegert) is convincingly sexy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Comes Up Roses | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

...competition. We'll play hard and strong but its together. I miss the lyric stuff; we have a tendency to do more stuff with faster notes, or it's harder to play a beautiful melody on a banjo or a bass than it is on a piano or a vocal-type instrument like a saxaphone or a harmonica or a voice or a violin, so the music does get faster and more rhythmic...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Bela Fleck: `Pleasing, interesting sounds' | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

Pidot, as well as a small but vocal group of students, complain HSTO doesn't offer students savings on phone service and excludes them from special offers advertized by MCI, the University's designated carrier...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Monopolizing the Phone Lines | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...There is a very vocal one percent of students who are very interested in their phone bills. I don't mind them--that's what makes my job interesting," Wise says...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Monopolizing the Phone Lines | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...interplay of their voices. "I punch my fist right through the glass," they sing together. "I didn't even feel it, it hurt me so bad. Such fun. Such fun." Rose also performs a passionate rendition of Since I Don't Have You, a pop classic by the '50s vocal group the Skyliners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gunners Take Aim At Punk | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

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