Word: broom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...service at a clothing store, a movie theater and a restaurant because he was black. He channeled his anger and frustration into his first famous photograph, made the same day. American Gothic, as he called it, is a portrait of a black cleaning woman holding a mop and a broom in front of an American flag, with her solemn expression saying worlds about the limits that she - and he - ran up against every day. Parks would always carry with him the lesson of that picture. He applied it magnificently. His photographs, his books, his movies and his music...
...says it no longer divides him from his family. “At the same time though, I wouldn’t be like, ‘Hey grandma, wanna come to my full moon ritual?” he says. Though Castillo doesn’t carry a broom or cackle in a black hat, he does cast spells occasionally. “Spells speak to a different level of your consciousness. They help you get insight on what you would miss if you were logically awake,” Castillo says, and describes spells as prayers with extra...
...detective John Ferguson, in Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo, is advised by his girlfriend to turn to the restorative power of music. "Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus," says Madge. "I had a long talk with a lady in musical therapy, Johnnie, and she says Mozart is the boy for you. A broom that sweeps the cobwebs away." In its 50th year, Opera Australia is hoping Mozart will be the boy for it. While its prognosis is better than Johnnie's, the country's flagship company has been gathering a few cobwebs lately. Since the hasty departure of music director and great hope...
...Alpine skiing events. Turn a bit farther north to take in Pragelato, where the ski jumpers and cross-country skiers will compete. And then swivel east to see the piazzas and spires of Baroque Torino, where five 21st century rinks and arenas await skaters, hockey players and broom-wielding curlers. On its lofty height, the Sacra is a place not only for gazing outward, but for inner contemplation, where the silence is broken only by the tolling of church bells. To hold the games, Torino, known more for its industry than its tourist allure, has undertaken a glossy transformation...
...energetic when they enjoyed acts, but if a performer failed to please, the sold-out auditorium resounded with boos, at which point the “Sandman,” a post filled this year by Jay R. Lundy ‘09, ran on stage with a broom to sweep away the offending act. “Sure, everyone’s nervous, even if they know their act is good,” said Cecilia C. Ekperi ’09, who had several friends in the show. But she questioned the severity of the audience, saying...