Word: curiously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last night's concert were Costello fans, or even familiar with his songs. Some were curious, others were bored with the usual pace of a Harvard weekend. All were celebrating the end of classes...
...selling himself. When proselytizing about his economic theories -- the virtues of tax cuts, the need for currency reform and a dollar "as good as gold" -- he displays the earnest exuberance of a junior professor addressing a pep rally. Beneath the hearty veneer and football-star luster, Kemp harbors a curious personal reticence. When asked what his appeal is to voters, he answers, "I think my ideas are popular, and I think I can articulate them as well as anyone...
...time this night of terror is finished, there is only one survivor: the youngest son Anton (played with stunned bravery by Marc van Uchelen). Inevitably, these events constitute the shaping trauma of his life, and The Assault becomes for the most part a subtle anatomization of the curious manner in which Anton deals with...
...Curious visitors are welcome to inspect the grounds of Oakbridge and Agassiz, and tours of the facilities may be arranged in advance...
Having raised up the Castel Sant'Angelo from the depths of the Metropolitan Opera in Tosca and put half of Paris onstage for La Boheme, Franco Zeffirelli must have felt some pressure to top himself with his new production of Giacomo Puccini's Turandot. Curious first-nighters, proud holders of the toughest opera ticket of the season, entered the Met last week wondering how far the director's passion for outsize verisimilitude would extend. Would he cut off the Prince of Persia's head and stick it on a pole? Build the Great Wall of China? Or (gasp!) actually respect...