Word: brisking
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...performances by the Hawthorne String Quartet and other New England-based musicians are brisk and idiomatic. But such considerations are almost irrelevant in light of the music's larger issues. "If we consider the demands of the programs, together with the strains on the artists who live in new surroundings under unpleasant conditions," wrote Klein, "we will understand that these artistic efforts are not solely to be judged by the standards of a % metropolitan critic." History is now the judge...
...capture the flavor of each exotic locale or scene and watered down by an attempt at showy, Disneyesque flair for the mass palate, each song is performed in neat, self-contained gobbets. Fogg's first number, "A Man Who Likes to Get Things Done," is accelerated from an already brisk tempo to create the sense of rush and meticulousness in which Fogg prides himself; this anal-retention is in direct contrast to the next number, Gitano's "Improvise," which feels more licentious and uninhibited, with a Spanish rhythm. This mood music then gives way to a series of clipped scenes...
...freedom. The acting was usually wooden, and the transparent attempts to throw in the odd whimsical flourish served only to emphasize how staid and slow the production was. No amount of thought-provoking direction and visionary acting can compensate for the basic dramatic necessity of maintaining brisk and lively delivery...
...Phillip I. Johnson, a salesperson at Seventh Sign bookstore, says the business in astrology books, readings and charts is brisk...
...explode when economic conditions sour. Unemployment in Spain, according to The Economist, is the highest in Europe. Yet industrial production hasn't fallen as much as in other countries, wage growth is among the best anywhere, and to my eyes most of the stores seemed to be doing brisk business. Most Spaniards, undoubtedly, aren't bigots. Something more than economic frustration, some cultural hiccup, drives the apparent dismissal of the horrors of racism...