Word: bittersweetness
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...will probably do the trick. So why not board the bandwagon early? Her new CD, a collection of 32 well-chosen art songs by Ned Rorem, is already a prime candidate for Best-of-2000 status. Graham's singing is smart and sumptuous, while Rorem's French-flavored songs--bittersweet, transparent, unsentimentally lyrical--are the best that any American classical composer has given...
...awkward moments while walking into Lamont Library have always been a bittersweet emotional ballet, full of both anticipation and dread. The clumsy balancing of bookbag and laptop case, the fumbling for ID and the uncomfortable eye contact with the book checker are rites of passage, destined to be replayed throughout the ages. In recent times, however, those already "broken in" may have found a new social obstacle: the umbrella...
...been kind of bittersweet," Letteri said. "I know if I had went to one of the schools that had a full-time coach, I could have been right up there with them...
...much more substantial than, say, "Hit me, baby, one more time." On the standout Simple Kind of Life, Stefani mulls the crossroads of womanhood: "I always thought I'd be a mom/Sometimes I wish for a mistake/The longer that I wait the more selfish that I get." She does bittersweet very well. Return of Saturn may not sell 15 million copies, but it proves No Doubt has much more than just 15 minutes...
...recognition--I can pretty much tell what vegetables are in any salad. But if you are a carnivorous human, don't give me any jive about something being wrong to eat because it reminds you of what the animal was. Better the regret than the denial; nothing like the bittersweet recognition that something had to give for you to have your meal. It's good for your psyche. No meal should...