Word: vocalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Four Presidents-Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon-have asked Congress to reduce REAP appropriations. But as the only Agriculture Department program that distributes money (some $8 billion since 1936) in all 3,060 U.S. farm counties, REAP has vocal farmer-defenders in every state. Businessmen who sell to farmers also benefit-and speak up politically. Robert Koch, president of the National Limestone Institute, mutters darkly that if REAP is killed, "our land will get worn out and go the way of India and China." The pro-REAP coalition has managed to get new money voted for REAP every year...
...black rural traditions. The undeniable excitement of the recording is the result, perhaps, of the presence of a number of distinguished "extra" sidemen: Dr. John the Night Tripper, Guitarist David Bromberg, and, of all people. Bob Dylan, who plays guitar, harmonica and organ and even lends a little vocal counterpoint to (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone...
Another "minority group" with a currently vocal presence--in both literature and society--is women. Malamud also wants to avoid categories, definitions of feminine sensibility, or women's literature. "Women are going to write differently about women, but from now on so will men. That will be the only real change. It's no revolution in fiction itself; the literary scene changes as society changes, and I'm glad it's happening. It's time for a new American heroine--the days of Daisy Miller are over. She'll have all the prerogatives of man, but her life will...
...loud, and you can't be as soft." Wherever she is playing, Shaffer tries to preserve the feeling that she is singing instead of merely blowing. That helps explain why she watches her pre-concert diet as carefully as an opera star. Milk is out: it coats the vocal cords. Salad, fruit or anything acid is worse: it irritates the lips and the music. At the top of the danger list are carbonated beverages: "Largely," says Shaffer, "because bubbles have a way of rising to the wrong occasion...
...last chorale of the cantata is a masterpiece. The choir fortunately did not strain to produce more volume. The brass punctuation at the end of each verse kept a good balance between vocal and instrumental forces. The entire contain was a powerful and brilliant opening statement...