Word: vocalisms
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...bitter debate is a result of the rise of Critical Legal Studies (CLS) and, in turn, its vocal opponents at Harvard Law School. The schism between these two relatively small but intellectually agressive factions has grown wider and more public over the past few years--leading to full-fledged scholarly war during the past six months on the battlefield of tenure decisions...
Many of the other students also say they have friends who are gay. The vast majority of Yale students, they say, are tolerant of the vocal homosexual community. Yet in the next breath one of the students at the party says it's easy to recognize a gay student: He or she probably majors in comparative literature and wears black...
...endorsed candidates tend to run citywide campaigns. Incumbent David E. Sullivan, the most vocal champion of rent control, spent the summer recruiting "captains" in rent-controlled buildings to campaign among tenants and register them to vote...
...endorsed candidates tend to run citywide campaigns. Incumbent David E. Sullivan, the most vocal champion of rent control, spent the summer recruiting "captains" in rent-controlled buildings to campaign among tenants and register them to vote...
...there to be heard is a state-of-the-art dance record. Jackson's lyrics combine sometimes glancing felicity ("Your talk is cheap/ You're not a man/ You're throwin' stones/ To hide your hands") with scat-style facility. There is a great singer at work here, doing vocal stunts on tracks like Dirty Diana or Speed Demon that are as nimble and fanciful as any of his dance steps. Man in the Mirror, a ballad of confession and resolution, is more than just a vocal turn. It is a remarkable dramatic performance -- intense, direct and unadorned...