Word: absents
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...fellow Ivy presidents. This year’s winners, who were nominated by a board of about 200 past Glamour women, include actress Jennifer Garner, fashion designer Donna Karan, and political figures such as Elizabeth Edwards and Nancy Pelosi. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, was noticeably absent from the list. Glamour editor Lauren S. Brody said in a phone interview yesterday that in compiling its list, the magazine looks for women who have “broken barriers.” “This year Dr. Faust was toward the top of the list, so we were...
...pointed game of word-association. Okocha’s regal poise made the poeticism of her breezy babble credible. What’s more, she achieved an entrancing sensuality despite her character’s propensity to doze off at inopportune times. As Madeline’s emotionally absent and unfaithful husband, Art took breaks from his cell phone only to dictate business-related thoughts to a tape recorder. Finnerty managed to maintain an impressive degree of egotism and self-absorbed blather in the role even as another patient, Thomas (Benjamin C. Cosgrove ’10), hopped about begging...
...hotshots cannot be expected to forfeit a piece to old-timers no longer bringing in revenue. This statement is false on two accounts. First, the NFLPA fund money is provided almost entirely by the ownership. There is little reason that current players should vote to withhold pension payments absent of Upshaw’s pressure. Second, the league continues to make bucks off the names and feats of vets; it sells memorabilia, shows old film on ESPN Classic, and maintains the Hall of Fame.The retirees’ case against the league is one against pure greed. This year Gene Upshaw...
...Backstreet Boys (who can forget the rain sequence in the music video for “Quit Playing Games With My Heart”?) will be sorely disappointed. The pseudo-sincerity and saccharine factor runs high on “Unbreakable;” the pop ditties are notably absent. But at least the Boys are consistent: “Unbreakable” is a lackluster disappointment from the get-go. The first track, “Intro,” is a departure from their usual heavily-synthesized style. Here, the Backstreet Boys seem to be capitalizing...
...improbable-seeming overgrown lute known as the theorbo. Baroque trumpets, baroque oboes (or “haut-boys”), and baroque bows for string instruments are also present in the ensemble.“There’s this whole sound vocabulary that’s absent from other music,” Spellberg explains. “The music is more exposed and rawer...