Word: vocals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Foes of apartheid have lost their most vocal critic of the University's continued investment in companies with holdings in South Africa. Since 1984, Tutu has criticized Harvard repeatedly for not fully divesting from companies that do business in South Africa. He even threatened to return his honorary degree to oppose Harvard's policy...
...vocal Luzak, Harvard tried to mount a successful counterattack. And with less than four minutes to go, it happened...
...BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE BOBBY BROWN's album Don't Be Cruel marked "new jack swing" as a creative hotbed of black pop. The fresh mix of funky, hiphop beats and bright, soulful melodies set a widely influential musical style, fitting perfectly around Brown's slim vocal talents. Naturally, expectations were out of sight for Brown's latest solo outing, Bobby, which assembles the same producers as Cruel. The album, however, doesn't pack the wallop to distinguish it from other slick R. & B. records on the charts these days. Something in Common, a ballad Brown shares with his wife...
...Network executives, not surprisingly, have the same concerns. Censors monitor shows closely for any material that might be objectionable to a large (or at least vocal) segment of the audience. "It's the responsibility of good television to be topical, but it should not espouse any political candidacy," says CBS Entertainment president Jeff Sagansky. Still, success in the ratings (Murphy Brown commands the highest ad rates of any series on TV) can go a long way toward calming network nerves. "The viewers vote for Murphy Brown every week," says Sagansky, "and only vote for Dan Quayle every four years...
...their part, Clinton supporters said theyfeared the vocal Brown delegates would only hurtthe Democratic Party's chances in November...