Word: abrupt
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...characterized as a story of obsession. Each time he sees her, though years may pass in between their flings, Ricardo professes his undying love for this woman who has no regard for his feelings and who shamelessly uses his affections for her own ends. After one of her many abrupt departures from his life, Ricardo finds a toothbrush she has left behind in his apartment and experiences a visceral agony comparable to the withdrawal of an addict: “I was in a sweat all night, my mind blank, as I clutched the Guerlain toothbrush that I kept like...
...Thursday in the English seaside town of Whitehaven, a transmitter tower that had broadcast British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) programs to analog television sets since the 1950s switched off. The abrupt blackening was the first part of a nationwide program to make British television entirely digital...
...Just as young emperor Romulus Augustus met a sudden and abrupt deposal at the hands of Odoacer to mark the beginning of Ancient Rome’s epic collapse, so too did the Crimson meet a cruel fate, falling to the curiously acrobatic Brown Bears 3-2 in overtime...
...intros, and for about a minute I experience indie bliss. But then that damn Oujia board takes hold and the lyrics goes careening off in the wrong direction while we’re left with some flute solo or a heavy metal interlude. Very few songs can survive such abrupt transitions (Derek and the Dominoes’ “Layla” being one obvious exception) and this bipolarity often comes off as cliché. At times on “Widow City,” the Furnaces seem to remember that being original doesn’t need...
...skills to bear in a compelling performance of “Piano Concerto in G.” The first movement was quick and clear, highlighting Ravel’s jazzier inclinations and showcasing the orchestra’s collective virtuosity as it navigated extreme contrasts in volume and abrupt changes in melodic quality. The second movement’s lilting waltz kept a surprisingly brisk pace, making Thibaudet’s rare indulgent suspensions all the more effective. He maintained a steady sense of rhythm into the frenzied third movement, his lightning-fast technique never faltering as he continued...