Word: brilliante
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...colorized faster than you can say Gone With the Windows. Think of all the kinds of programs that color will make possible. For example, Rand McNally, maker of StreetFinder, promises a new version that will work in conjunction with a snap-on GPS device and show you, in brilliant color, your precise coordinates...
...veteran French composer and pianist rendezvous for a session of bittersweet jazz songs. Legrand selected the tunes (all his own, including Afterthoughts and The Summer Knows), and his piano persuasively conjures the smoky languor of a Left Bank nightclub. But the star of this show is Norman's brilliant voice, which cuts through the nocturnal mood like a shaft of light. Though you can't help wondering what the diva could do if she shrugged off the opera-house manners and let herself go a little more, there's no denying an instrument of such grandeur...
...Matt Damon is one of the most brilliant young actors in Hollywood today," said Counter, who is also associate professor of neurology at the Harvard Medical School. "In addition to his outstanding work as actor, producer, and screenwriter, he is also concerned about youth violence and has made important contributions to the Aids Action Committee...
...opera's first scenes depicts an incident where Prince Tamino is approached by the Three Ladies sent by the Queen of the Night. The Three Ladies, played by Emily Ludmir '03, Cissie Fu '00 and Heather Langdon '03, set the tone for the whole night. Sophisticated yet lively, musically brilliant, with movements amazingly coordinated and a mix of grace and cynicism, they draw the audience in completely. This sophisticated elegance is contrasted with Papageno (Neil Davidson '03), Prince Tamino's traveling companion. Davidson plays the role of Papageno with an animated boyish charm that provides not only comic relief from...
...maintains measured prose and restraint--it would have been easy, especially in the more dramatic scenes and the chaotic later chapters, to let the narrative go berserk. Instead we get to watch lunacy come in careful and slow streams, and the effect is wonderful. None of the prose is brilliant, though it is never dull...