Word: drumming
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...left, but left of center nonetheless. The Republicans were about the same distance to the right. It was simple to place myself on the scale, of course: I was left of the Democrats. For two years, I marched to the beat of Clinton’s drum...
...ever more extreme circumstances. Some reports say that by war's end only 20 Jews were still alive in Warsaw. If The Pianist was not a risky choice for the Jury, it was an honorable one, in the tradition of such previous Palme d'Or winners as The Tin Drum, The Mission, Pelle the Conqueror and Farewell My Concubine - films that impose a personal story on a grand, wrenching national canvas. After the award ceremony, the critics massed in righteous annoyance that a film as conventional (though artfully, powerfully made) as Polanski's could win the Palme d'Or, when...
...Ablaye Thiam donned his giant jester's hat, balanced a two-foot wide drum on his hip and came looking for a party. He found a doozy on Friday night in Seoul, where in the first game of this year's footy fiesta, tiny Senegal toppled reigning World Cup champs France 1-0. "Today a black African nation has beat a white European champion," said Thiam, who traveled from Senegalese capital Dakar to cheer on the Lions. "There is a god, and I love...
...French fans sat in shock, the Senegalese crowd - many of whom were, in truth, surrogate Senegalese, Koreans wearing the yellow jerseys of the African team - bounced to the beat of Ablaye Thiam's drum. As the minutes wore down and the French still couldn't produce an equalizer, the thrum grew ever louder. "I am the heart of our team," said Thiam, pounding the instrument with a leather mallet. "Boom-boom. Boom-boom. Can you hear it? My heart is so happy today...
...pair of passing Korean teenagers, unused to such physical displays of happiness, giggled and asked to have their picture taken with this strange dancing man. Thiam obliged, wrapping his arms around the girls. "Dance with me," he said. The girls responded with a nervous shuffle. Thiam tapped his drum. The girls grew braver and produced a saucy two-step. Thiam grinned and shook their hands. So commenced one of the most improbable starts to any World Cup. The party was officially ready to begin...