Word: whined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...than the particular region of Cambodia in which they live. The occasional trip to Phnom Penh to market rice is like entering a different universe, beyond the pale of comprehension. Cambodians know nothing of the intricacies of American politics--their only contact with this country occurs when its bombers whine overhead...
...doubt that I could do any of these things. But when I think of Salvador Allende cradling his machine-gun in the presidential palace which shells whine in and bombs explode, when I picture this calm and gentle doctor peering at the soldiers destroying socialism in Chile while children cry for milk in Santiago slums, these things become easier to contemplate...
...those who cared, which did not seem to be many, the epitaph to the U.S. bombing of Cambodia was audible over ordinary radios in Phnom-Penh. As the last curl of smoke disappeared and the final whine of the aircraft faded, a U.S. command plane could be heard talking with its spotter planes and jet fighter-bombers on a regular VHP frequency. "It's really been good working with you," a voice crackled. "Yeah," went the reply. "See you in the next war." Then came the muffled sound of a harmonica playing Turkey in the Straw, followed by silence...
...sound is virtually continuous; it ranges from rock to revivalist hymns to the background whine of transistor radios to the economical singsong (and sometimes subtitled) Jamaican English of its principal characters. And the sound is uniformly good. Jimmy Cliff's rock is strong and vibrant. The title song is a top 40 hit whose tune may stay with you for a few days, and the church music is professional, loud and compelling. All of it buoys up the film with movement and vigor...
CHAMBER MUSIC has a bad name. It is traditionally awarded the dubious distinction of being the most unappealing of classical idioms. Its very mention brings to mind visions of bewigged, thoroughly antique gentlemen lulling their audiences to sleep with the sickly whine of their violins. The recent chamber music "revival" is beginning to change all that: more and more chamber ensembles are playing to larger and larger audiences. And so it is that the newly formed Harvard Summer School Chamber Ensemble drew quite a crowd at its first recital at Sanders Theatre July 9. These young artists demonstrated the perpetual...