Word: elegante
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The White House says it switched largely because House Ways and Means Committee chairman Bill Archer agreed to drop a provision that would have allowed the outside panel to hire or dismiss the IRS commissioner, a power that now rests with the President. But that's a compromise Archer offered...
No more. Nearly 30,000 experimental and ultralight planes are currently plying the skies, with about 1,000 more joining them each year. There's a world of difference, though, between a homebuilt ultralight and a homebuilt experimental plane. Ultralights have to weigh less than 256 lbs. fully fueled and...
An elegant style could have salvaged even this book, but Delbanco's prose comes up short. Delbanco seems unsure how best to tell his story, so he tells it all ways. Old Scores is a pastiche of almost every type of novel imaginable. Various passages belong to college novels, bodice...
Nelson and Provenza are well suited to their respective roles as Einstein and Picasso, although Nelson seems somewhat more at ease with his role. Provenza's portrayal of Picasso falls prey to exaggerated gestures and stereotypically "Spanish" posturing that result in a performance which feels contrived--although this may be...
The mood was jubilant because the technique ? a hydrogenation of gasoline (or ethanol or methanol) ? is relatively elegant, eliminating the specter of electrical-charging stations and three-hour fill-ups.