Word: bittersweet
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There must be something bittersweet about all that pain, however, because there are Harvard students who, even now, are knocking back pints of Guinness in Dublin, watching funny mammals with pouches in Australia, and feeling the Cape breeze on their faces in South Africa. And most of them will graduate on time along with the rest of their class...
Musically, the show has been cannily put together. The eclectic 13-piece band includes both aging studio veterans and younger members of alternative-rock groups (Wondermints, Poi Dog Pondering) who worship at the altar of Wilson's bittersweet harmonies and who give Wilson's live sound more bite and elasticity than one might have expected. The complex arrangements, with so many interlocking voices, have the added benefit of cushioning Wilson's sometimes ragged but still expressive voice (by way of analogy, if not quite equivalence, think late Billie Holiday...
Despite the last ditch effort by the Big Red,they couldn't close the gap, leaving Harvard witha bittersweet 4-2 victory...
...Holly's siblings are older than she ever got to be, and Einhorn's arrest brought bittersweet satisfaction. Meg wants to see Einhorn in court because "I want him to look into my eyes and see what the future of Holly could have been." After the arrest, Elisabeth headed to the cemetery where her parents are buried on either side of Holly. "I want to put some roses on their graves and tell them, 'We got the bastard...
Meanwhile, Hill's bittersweet night continued.He dished out five assists in the secondhalf--putting him within 13 of Tarik Campbell'94's all-time assist record--and turned the ballover only once. But he was still unable to findhis shooting stroke...