Word: abrupt
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...dashed across his Eliot House suite, the tassels of his loafers bouncing in time to his step. He was in a festive mood, sporting salmon-colored trousers and a vernal polo. Making his way past his party guests, Braddock paused the stereo, which had been blaring Bon Jovi. An abrupt hush came over the well-dressed-but-getting-sloppier room. Taking a swig of Sam Adams, Braddock composed himself and declared, “Thank you all for coming here tonight. It’s nice to see all you nerdy bastards again!” The crowd...
...After Charlie shacks up with Susan and then runs through a party yelling, “I am no longer a virgin,” the movie cuts to one of Charlie’s “patients” about to overdose on psychiatric drugs. Countless equally abrupt shifts in tone make the film both uneven and uncomfortable.But the movie ultimately fails not because of poor editing, or lines, or even characters, but because of the cliché elements that permeate all three. It takes what could be an original, stimulating premise and bogs it down with sappy...
...back catalog finds him alone, strumming his guitar furiously, his voice passionate and raw. The tracks were frequently accompanied by an overwhelming low-fidelity hiss, courtesy of the cheap Panasonic boom box with which Darnielle recorded for years. This is not to say that the aesthetic change is an abrupt one; Darnielle’s conversion from lo-fi god to studio craftsman began with 2002’s “Tallahassee,” which dispatched with the distinctive fuzz and grainy vocals completely. The switch to the studio ultimately proved that Darnielle’s songs didn?...
...heady days came to an abrupt halt after Summers’ controversial remarks on women in science and a fierce battle with the faculty that would eventually force him from office...
Occhialini, a History of Arts and Architecture concentrator, took an optimistic view of the crowds, inaudible lecture, and abrupt instructions to leave...