Word: familiarizes
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...Rapunzel,” based on the familiar story told by the Brothers Grimm, begins by introducing the dysfunctional married couple of Martinius (Silas P. Howland ’08) and Isadora (Dorothy Eagle). Isadora craves a rare spice, and Martinius must steal it from a witch who lives next door (as related by several musical numbers). In exchange for the spice, this witch—played marvelously by Karol W. Malik ’08—forces Martinius to give up his firstborn, who grows up to be the sweet-voiced Rapunzel (Caroline A. Jennings...
...Yannatos’ tempo was crisp and clear throughout. The nearly 20-minute first movement (which in a bad performance can seem to go on forever) proceeded at a leisurely pace and never felt tedious. The performance of the cello section was especially noteworthy, particularly as they introduced the familiar “lullaby” theme of the first movement with a warm, lush, and inviting tone. Other highlights included a delightful dialogue between the winds and strings in the delicate and dance-like third movement...
...school friend Debrenée Adkisson, they formed a narrative which was funny at some points and moving at others. Though their interpretation was occasionally clichéd, Willaims and Adkisson gave the play a lighthearted feel that reminded me of what a fairy tale is supposed to be: familiar, whimsical...
...would the Cherokee, a group all-too-familiar with cultural ignorance and racist categorization, publicly expel its freedman members...
...left, the very definition of a vote utile is one that ensures defeat for Sarkozy, whose combative approach to governing has divided the French electorate on terms familiar to the last two U.S. presidents. Still, the former Interior Minister has consistently, although narrowly, led the polls all year, and has allowed his lieutenants to begin sketching plans for government as if their victory were assumed. But Sarkozy, too, faces a balancing act. Maintaining his two- to four-point lead over Royal depends on him continuing to attract at least some of the almost 17% of French voters who backed...