Word: ennui
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...majority of young black males aspire to be like Mike, such that Sprewell and All-Paternity Team MVP Shawn Kemp-also a prime example of the maleducated millionaire-are elevated to the position of role model, the fate of the NBA should not and cannot generate the same ennui as that of its sports brethren...
...easy for performers to capture Mahler's spirit in any of his compositions, his final pieces are especially challenging. Mahler's repertoire requires spiritual empathy as well as technical delicacy. A conductor must look at life and try to see what Mahler saw--a combination of fear, ennui and child-like wonder. Unsurprisingly, an exquisite performance of Mahler is moving--but rare. And so, when conductor Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (B.S.O.) performed one of Mahler's final (and arguably, most perfect) pieces, the vocal accompanied Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), they achieved...
Make no mistake about it, Jonathan Chait writes in last week's The New Republic, "Clinton's new program represents a renewal of liberal activist government after three years of legislative ennui." Labeling the shift a sea change, Chait goes on to explain that not only is Clinton flying forward with a markedly liberal agenda, but the Republican majority is powerless to stop...
After more than a decade of transforming the humor of adolescent ennui and discontent into a panacea for pubescent rejects everywhere, the members of NOFX are without a doubt the pop punk veterans. Attempts at imitation have been numerous but always inevitably fail to achieve the essence that has made NOFX so successful--the band pulls off bratty infectiousness and addictive melodies without trying to impress anyone but themselves...
Gordon and Merman, Calloway and Rogers display an effervescence that bubbles through the decades and chases away our premillennial ennui. They embody the spirit of the Hollywood musical at its primitive best: Have fun; give...