Word: crescendoing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...contest’s dramatic crescendo began with 3:13 remaining in the game. After holding the lead for the entire second half, the Crimson found itself down 55-53 when the Huskies’ Melissa Kowalski knocked down a three-pointer from the left wing...
...than Pennsylvania Avenue asks in the background, “Hi, who are you voting for?” Equivocally at first, another falsetto answers, “Joe, Joe Lieberman?” A few lame measures later, everyone’s resolve has strengthened with a crescendo into the oh-so-clever chorus of “Let?...
Naturally, the cheap-shot artist deserves to be chastised. So as he embarks on the slow skate to the sin bin, the home crowd rejoices in a slow, mocking crescendo...
...band, “An’ Another Thing” showcases Matthews’ emotive, eerie falsetto better than anything he’s done before. “Grey Blue Eyes” is elegant and Eastern-inflected, Matthews’ voice building in wordless, harmonic crescendo. Matthews the solo artist is diverting, but it will take stronger songwriting for him to justify branching out on his own. —Andrew R. Iliff
...music of growing up is reaching its denouement now for seniors and its crescendo for Cambridge’s newest arrivals. But in each season of our lives, we find ourselves reflective about where we have been. What is the meaning of the journey? What is the meaning of this place where we all take our first independent steps...