Word: beasting
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...more importantly, I would have regretted it if I hadn’t gone.”So, am I just doing some kind of Calvinist delayed-gratification guilt-trip principle by going to these things? Why am I still compelled, despite your rational logic? What sort of beast am I? Henry: Beasts of burden. That’s right, draft animals, kosher hunks of meat with cloven hooves and mouthfuls of cud. Together we are herded underground, into dark, crowded bars, to await the slaughter of the opening act, dreaming of DMB popping out and doing a 50-minute...
DEFINITIVE VERSION: Nothing will ever touch the subtlety, mystery, power and charm of Lewis' novel. But this Lion is still a noble beast...
...acoustics of the venue. The band began the set with a progression of older songs, to the warm response of an audience understandably acquainted more with recent hit singles. Both parties seemed much more comfortable once the band brooded into the well-delivered “The Beast and Dragon Adored,” the opening song on “Fiction” and a prime example of the band’s tense build-up and singer Britt Daniel’s dynamic range and suppressed lyrical sensuality. The audience didn’t have to wait...
...redeem itself only to fail once again. It’s time to face the music: the UC is utterly incapable of organizing successful campus-wide social events, and it has an insatiable appetite for repeating (and expanding upon) its own mistakes. We must stop this ravenous beast while we still have the chance. We must cut off its life blood. We must reduce its budget.Now I am not suggesting that everyone immediately opt-out of the termbill fee and completely cripple the Council’s ability to function. (A little bird told me, however, that one can still...
...Green says. “Where I come from, a million dollars is a lot of money. Losing sight of what happens in the individual classroom, what happens at the individual level, is something that happens to politicians. It’s just the nature of the beast. I think my background should help me keep that perspective.”David Slavitt, who waged his own long-shot campaign as a Republican candidate for state representative last year, says he supports Green in the race.“I think he’ll do very well shaking...