Word: casuality
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...gags should be spontaneous; it was that they should seem spontaneous - the little inspiration that springs from conviviality, a modernist, ironic commentary on trivial proceedings, a way to keep the performers fresh and make the audience believe they were in on a verbal jam session - improvs that achieve a casual perfection. And that's Bing...
...singing, his talent for vocal nuance and lyric-reading; rather than a bland stylist, the first easy-listening star, Crosby is promoted as, in Artie Shaw's words, "the first hip white person born in the United States." To Giddins, Bing was more. He embodied an attractive prototype: the casual, unflappable American, at ease in his eminence, who faces life with equanimity, win or lose - but who always wins. Giddins also dares to admire the fullness, longevity and ease of Crosby's success: "He taught the world what it meant to live the American common man's dream...
...high school, casual conversation with faculty members was an integral, and indeed unavoidable, part of my experience. Every teacher has a desk in a room devoted entirely to his or her department. As a result, when teachers are not explaining the fundamental theorem of calculus or The Wasteland, they go to desks in their respective department “resource centers.” In these centers, students can extend a discussion that occurred in class, or informally chat about the Yankees or the relative merit of the latest Pokémon movie. This daytime accessibility, combined with heavy extracurricular...
www.aimovie.com LOOK More white space than Alaska TIME WASTER Have a casual conversation on diverse subjects with Chatbot, who's into ABBA and opera OVERALL MERIT Cooler than humans...
...casual relationship develops. "It's done in a very informal way, over a beer," says the Internet executive. The CIA says information flows in one direction only, but in practice the meetings can benefit businesspeople. For example, an executive asked his handler whether a contact he had met abroad was related to the country's leader, as he had claimed. A few days later the executive got an e-mail saying, "He's not; he's pulled that story before...