Word: cleverisms
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...Stephen Colbert? -Brandy Weisman, LondonI like to make people smile, and Colbert achieves that a lot. I love the way he mercilessly "takes the mickey" or has fun with the more extreme members of the Republican Party and, of course, pretends to be a Republican himself in such a clever...
...tables. These dancing digits show off the colorful nail designs, which shine with an intensity that Kid Sister hopes to one day match. They also supply some necessary choreography in an otherwise static video. Despite an awkward Kanye and a mostly sedentary Kid Sister, the video’s clever finger dance sequences and colorful (literally) staging keeps the viewer’s attention for the full three and a half minutes. Quite the feat for a song about fingernails...
...mysteries and incites mass upheaval in Arabel’s household while continually croaking, “Nevermore!”—resemble Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” but are about five thousand times better, thanks to their wry tone and clever literary allusions. —Mary A. Brazelton ’08 is the outgoing Arts Monday editor. She baked several pies to land her position...
...interpretation of Martha Graham’s original 1930 choreography and costumes seemed to allude to the struggles of Arab women trapped within the cultural rigidity of the burqa. As she futilely tried to escape a suffocating purple cloth, Dakin stayed within a constrained circle, making clever use of her space to relay what might be a message of political persecution against women in much of the Arab world. Dakin, who also appeared as the primary dancer of “Heretic” and staged that piece as well, was masterful in her ability to convey messages of grief...
...native forests, exporting more uranium, increasing coal mining and approving the Gunns pulp mill" in Tasmania. Cartoonists began drawing Rudd as a smaller version of Howard. Sydney student Hugh Atkin posted a video clip on YouTube depicting Rudd as China's Chairman Mao: "He unnerve decrepit Howard by deploying clever principle of 'similar difference'," the subtitles read...