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belter Noun Slang an outstanding person or event: a belter of a match How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There are half a dozen absolute belters on this album, songs that actually grow with repeated listening, with all the usual pop tricks added, but sparingly, as though sensitive to the listener's digestive system. The genre contains both belters and softer, nuanced observations. The British TV historian Simon Schama defined the Bush/Kerry divide as "Godly America" and "Worldly America," hailing the latter as "pragmatic, practical, rational, and skeptical"--which is, naturally, exactly the wrong way around: it's the Christian fundamentalists, Holy Rollers, born-again Bible Belters, and Jesus freaks of Godly America who are rational and skeptical, especially of Euro-delusions. |
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