Word: vocally
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...What's the secret to Gomez's success? Ottewell, vocal and slide guitar guru, attributes it to their insularity, "We didn't really give a shit about Brit pop or whatever, any trends that were going on. It was just music we wanted to hear, really." But, lest we assume each member of the quintet approaches their music with the same idea, Ben reminds us that they each bring unique musical tastes to the table. Each plays what he individually hears in the music, be it a riff, slide, melody or funky bass line. This synergy of sound leaves Gomez...
Critics charge that unions--in particular the influential Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees--continue to call the shots. "The students are vocal, but it's hard to get a viewpoint from them that does not reflect that of UNITE," says Allan Ryan, a Harvard University lawyer who has negotiated with antisweatshop protesters. Sheldon Steinbach, general counsel for the American Council on Education, asks, "How much of this student interest is really being influenced by unions whose main goal is to try to bring these jobs back to the United States...
...Rudenstine seemed to acknowledge the vocal activism of the campaign, but it appears that even stronger measures may be to come if the campaign continues to see the University as dragging its feet on this issue...
Most victims of paralysis retain, at the very least, the ability to communicate. Even with limbs, tongue, lips and vocal cords immobilized, patients can blink their eyes to answer yes or no. But for a few patients--such as those with advanced cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, in which the voluntary nervous system is utterly destroyed--even that minimal dialogue is impossible. These people are at the mercy of others in the deepest imaginable...
...spiked at times with a smoky, un-Ella-like sensuality; and a deeply personal, even abstract sense of phrasing. How can you not like a singer who's brassy enough to belt Summertime as hard as if it were Hit the Road Jack and nervy enough to tackle a vocal version of Ornette Coleman's Lonely Woman...