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It fell out of fashion for a while in the middle 1980s, principally due to the emergence of polyphonic and later digital synthesizers, but has enjoyed a huge resurgence of popularity since the 1990s — with contemporary artists highlighting the instrument, including Radiohead, Portishead, The Album Leaf, D ' Angelo, Erykah Badu, Chick Corea, Jamiroquai, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, The Doors and Stevie Wonder.
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But in the confused atmosphere of frontier politics, alliances were as quickly broken as they were formed, and as Pike came to favor with the governor of the Territory, the governor fell out of favor with the President of the United States.
Some time before midnight he returned to his apartment and hit the sack, putting the whole incident out of mind before he fell asleep.
I think you fell short of the real truth in the matter: That the move is working out through the fine cooperation of the staff and all the people.
After playing a splendid first nine holes in 34 -- two strokes under par -- on this fifth and final day of the tournament ( Sunday's fourth round had been washed out by a violent rainstorm when it was only half completed ), Player's game rapidly fell to pieces.
He ranted and prophesied the doom of his enemies, walking in circles in and out of his living place, drinking stolen whisky in great, gasping draughts until finally, incoherent and sick, he fell into his own oblivion.
I chuckled aloud, and the mouthpiece fell out.
Lynchehaun had been employed by McDonnell as her land agent, but the two fell out and he was sacked and told to quit his accommodation on her estate.
At first he regarded his new life as a renunciation of his art, and fell out of practise: but after some time he resolved to study and learn by heart the works of Bach, Mendelssohn, Widor, César Franck, and Max Reger systematically.
If the Christian faith fell into ruin in his kingdom, if the clergy were too ignorant to understand the Latin words they butchered in their offices and liturgies, if the ancient monasteries and collegiate churches lay deserted out of indifference, he was answerable before God, as Josiah had been.
It is claimed that he was killed by a tortoise that fell out of the sky when dropped by an eagle ; however, this story is very likely apocryphal.
Additionally, the claimants to this ancestry also claim descendancy from Sargon of Akkad ( whose dynasty died out over 1500 years before the Assyrian dynasty fell ), and from Nabopolassar, who was a Chaldean, politically and militarily opposed to Assyria, and not in fact an Assyrian.
In the 1960s Whorf's views fell out of favor and he became the subject of harsh criticisms by scholars who considered language structure to primarily reflect cognitive universals rather than cultural differences.
Due to the economic crisis that affected most former Eastern bloc countries, a steady reform in the military could not be carried out ; much of the equipment fell into disrepair and some of it was smuggled and sold to the international black market.
Not unexpectedly, United went out of the European Cup to Milan in the semi-finals to a 5 – 2 aggregate defeat and fell behind in the League.
It relates that certain Jews coming to Syria and Salamis, where Barnabas was then preaching the gospel, being highly exasperated at his extraordinary success, fell upon him as he was disputing in the synagogue, dragged him out, and, after the most inhumane tortures, stoned him to death.
The Orchestra increased in size and range ; the harpsichord continuo fell out of use, and the woodwind became a self-contained section.
During the Middle Ages, cumin fell out of favour in Europe, except in Spain and Malta.
However, as the term became politicized, its use fell out of favor as a means of referring to the entire population.
Mohism though popular at first due to its emphasis on brotherly love versus harsh Qin Legalism, fell out of favour during the Han Dynasty due to the efforts of Confucians in establishing their views as political orthodoxy.
When the team fell out of contention in mid -, Shapiro fired manager Charlie Manuel and traded pitching ace Bartolo Colón for prospects Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, and Grady Sizemore ; acquired Travis Hafner from the Rangers for Ryan Drese and Einar Diaz ; and picked up Coco Crisp from the St. Louis Cardinals for aging starter Chuck Finley.
Injuries led to a slump where the Indians fell out of first place.
In 2006, bottom fell out as the Cubs finished 66 – 96, last in the NL Central.
Wilson also spent time on the disabled list and, as the Rockies fell out of contention, was traded to the Washington Nationals.
Because the comet's motion with respect to Jupiter was very small, it fell almost straight toward Jupiter, which is why it ended up on a Jupiter-centric orbit of very high eccentricitythat is to say, the ellipse was nearly flattened out.
But while in a small boat in a lake or bay in the mid 60s, he leaned over the side, and his notebook fell out of his breast pocket into the water, where it was lost forever.
fell and fashion
Although he is known today for his performances in Singin ' in the Rain and An American in Paris, he was a dominant force in Hollywood musical films from the mid 1940s until this art form fell out of fashion in the late 1950s.
In the decades following Mariner and Apollo, the once-popular subgenre of realistic stories about a first expedition to Mars fell out of fashion, possibly due to the failure of the Apollo Program to continue on to Mars.
However, in the US, Story's work fell out of fashion in the mid-twentieth century.
As both the British invasion and the 1960s came to an end, Rickenbacker guitars fell somewhat out of fashion ; however Rickenbacker basses remained highly in favor through the 1970s and on.
Interest in the scoring of silent films fell somewhat out of fashion during the 1960s and 1970s.
As the wearing of swords fell out of fashion, canes took their place in a gentleman's wardrobe.
The older style zarzuela fell out of fashion, but popular Spanish tradition continued to manifest itself in shorter works, such as the single-scene tonadilla ( or intermezzo ) of which the finest literary exponent was Ramón de la Cruz.
Junior members of some ducal families bore the style of Ducal Serene Highness, although it fell out of fashion.
Ukiyo-e fell so far out of fashion that the prints, now practically worthless, were used as packing material for trade goods.
With the increasing popularity of the Italian opera and the sonata form, the French ouverture fell out of fashion.
After the new wave of social realist theatre in the 1950s and 1960s, the play fell out of fashion, and was dismissed as an example of outdated bourgeois " drawing room " dramas, and became a staple of regional repertory theatre.
Tower houses were being built up until the 1640s ; after the Restoration the fortified tower house fell out of fashion, but the weak state of the Scottish economy was such that while many larger properties were simply abandoned, the more modest castles continued to be used and adapted as houses, rather than rebuilt.
In the 1890s, women's fashion became simpler and less extravagant ; both bustles and crinoline fell out of use and dresses were not as tight as before.
In the 17th century, the textile centers of Flanders and Normandy eclipsed Italy as the premiere sources for fine bobbin lace, but until the coming of mechanization hand-lacemaking continued to be practiced throughout Europe, suffering only in those periods of simplicity when lace itself fell out of fashion.
Although power trios fell out of fashion in mainstream rock during the early 1980s, the rise of post-punk and indie rock in the later 1980s and throughout the 1990s featured many trios, such as grunge band Nirvana and pop-punk bands such as Green Day and Blink-182.
Although power trios fell out of fashion in mainstream rock during the 1980s, the rise of post-punk and indie rock in the 1980s and 1990s featured many trios.
The dinanderies fell out of fashion and the economy of the city now rested on leather tanning and the manufacture of playing cards.
As the wearing of swords fell out of fashion and the small sword evolved into the duelling sword ( forerunner of the modern épée ), the older hilts gave way to simpler grips such as the French grip and Italian grip.
About the time of the introduction of cartridge, breechloading, and multiple rounds of ammunition just a few years later, muskets fell out of fashion.
Reade fell out of fashion by the turn of the century —" it is unusual to meet anyone who has voluntarily read him ," wrote George Orwell in an essay on Reade — but during the 19th century Reade was one of England's most popular novelists.
Like many stanzaic forms, rhyme royal fell out of fashion during the Restoration, and has never been widely used since.
The western lands also fell under the control of Copper Demons who ruled the land in a brutal fashion.
Toward the end of his life, his bold style fell out of fashion, and many of his significant works were demolished in the 20th century.
President Richard Nixon famously said in 1971 ( ironically, shortly before Keynesian economics fell out of fashion ) that " We are all Keynesians now ", a phrase often repeated by Nobel laureate Paul Krugman.
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