Word: graying
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...band plays to a tiny crowd, does it make a sound? Formed in 1991 in Liverpool, England, by brothers Howard and Trevor Gray and guitarist Noko, Apollo 440 gained a reputation as a dance group that was decidedly eclectic, criss-crossing the various subgenres of dance music. Where other dance acts might have been happy to go on stage with just two turntables, the group turned up at Axis not only with a DJ, but with the full complement of a rock band: guitarist, bassist and two (!) drummers to simulate the maniacal drum-machine rhythms of their songs...
...casino's floor. The casino, cut into a hill on the rez, the familiar name for the reservation, which, ironically, I am now technically on, aims to recreate within what has been paved over without. A canopy of faux-foliage presides over the action on the casino floor. Animatronic gray wolves greet visitors to the Wolf Den, a small performing arts venue at the very center of the complex. The brown hues and the lighting are subdued throughout the complex, redolent with Indian summer...
...began stretching, my sweat became even more evident. My light gray t-shirt was now dark gray. A brown belt named Doug observed my jerky movements and paranoid demeanor and said, "Just try to relax...
...Wise has spent 20 years standing up in court for deer, cats, bald eagles, dolphins, gray parrots, assorted primates and other beleaguered species. It is a profession that Wise, who has a gift for comedy, himself finds amusing. In his study hangs a favorite cartoon, of a dog raising his right paw to take the oath in court, and the caption: "Rover v. Wade...
...There's no reason that the speaker has to be a gray haired man," said Justin M. Krebs '00, first class marshal and co-chair of the selection committee. "Not too long ago [O'Brien] was an undergrad who didn't know what he was going to do with himself--he went off with the same mixture of hope and apprehension that most of us probably have...