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Word: minstrel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...time, there was not much the students could do to protect themselves--short of becoming politically neutral. Some wore paper bags over their heads during rallies. One group of students formed a wandering minstrel troupe and roamed from House to House singing to the tune of "That's My Baby" about the CRR: "You're right, we're responsible; yes, you are reprehensible...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: The University Tries its Students: Case Histories From the CRR File | 12/17/1980 | See Source »

...vocally demanding role of the minstrel Elsie, Lisa Sheldon is convincing. Though polished and powerful, her soprano unfortunately lapses occasionally into an operatic ardor and intensity out of place in a light opera at the tiny Agassiz Theater. Her enunciation is murky, at times, with the result that she swallows many of Gilbert's swifter lyrics. Still, her opening duet with Jack Point "I Have a Song to Sing O" is the operetta's high point: sorrowful, simple, and affecting...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: A G & S Surprise | 12/11/1980 | See Source »

...wandering minstrel finally comes to anchor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Travels with Charlie | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

...book, then slaps the Paratrooper on the rump and says, "O.K." It is light now, and the Paratrooper stares with amusement at the troopers around him. Their faces, like his, are smeared with camouflage grease paint, blending with their mottled uniforms and helmet covers, as in some military minstrel show. The order to board the plane snaps him from his reverie. "The only way down now will be to jump," he says to himself, just as he has said to himself with every takeoff before every jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Jumping with the 82nd | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

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