But if you listen closely, the voices sound like those of aggressive, mind-controlling radio announcers in a dystopian movie based on a story Philip K. Dick.
Another senior official who asked to remain anonymous because he was closely connected to the Chancellery, voiced frustration that Mrs. Merkel did not reach out to Germans, to take the lead, or persuade on key foreign policy matters.
When the Monroe Brothers played religious songs, which they considered their stock in trade, they slowed the tempo way down, shifting the emphasis to their closely harmonizing voices.
The International Dictionary of Black Composers says he explored "the extremities of the sound spectrum," using odd metrical signatures and other methods, and notes that he placed "widely spaced accompaniments against closely woven voices à la Stravinsky".
Now, relocated to Los Angeles, she's a professional musician on the indie circuit, making stark, precise, inward-focused songs for closely miked voice, fingerpicked acoustic guitar and woozy synthesizer tones.
The newspaper reached its zenith during the radical chic of 1970's, when it was the most closely heeded voice of opposition to the governing center-right Christian Democratic Party, selling as many as a million copies on May 1, the international labor day.
A past winner of the Whitbread and the Guardian children's fiction prize, McKay plays to her strengths in this nourishing and tremendously entertaining novel: she uses a small canvas and observes closely; her voice is warm, wise and witty; her language is economical and precise.
The center, which is closely aligned with the Obama White House, voiced no complaint about the current president's vacation.
-- Listening closely to the public concerns that are increasingly being voiced about use of student data and safeguarding its privacy.
General Ham said that he was particularly worried about "the voiced intent of the three organizations to more closely collaborate and synchronize their efforts".
