Word: flair
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...Jon’s very dynamic. He plays with a lot of energy and emotion,” Fish said. “He’s not a colorless person. He plays with a lot of flair...
...Dramatic murders are a staple of Hong Kong's courts and media. Last year, the city was mesmerized by the trial of Nancy Kissel, an American expat convicted of drugging her banker husband with a poisoned milkshake and bludgeoning him to death. But despite its gangster lore and its flair for B-movie-style killings, the city of 7 million has one of the world's lowest homicide rates. Murders plummeted from 102 in 1997 to just 34 last year, in part perhaps because the city's gangs have shifted some of their focus to southern China. "Occasionally you have...
Musically, My Chemical Romance is competent. Most of the songs are instrumentation-heavy mid-to-up-tempo pop-punk, with metal guitar flourishes creeping in around the edges. They’re perfectly serviceable for the genre, and many have a flair for catchiness that makes it difficult to avoid bopping along...
...fell, scraping his arms. Now, Zhou continually empties the box as it fills up, transferring the cash into his wallet, leaving a few bills to prime the box. AND THE ONE-MAN BAND PLAYS ONDespite the occasional petty thefts, Zhou has no plans of depriving the Square of his flair for fiddling anytime soon.Over the years, Zhou has listened to cassettes and pored through books authored by jinghu masters to hone his musical skills.“Even though I’m old, I’m still trying to figure out how to get better...
...classical foundations.After the intermission Cabell returned to sing the five-song cycle “I Hate Music,” sung from the perspective of a ten-year old. Hearing the prominent soprano sing in a childish style was odd at first, but Cabell pulled it off with flair and ease. Nora I. Bartosik ’08 accompanied with fine piano playing.The evening concluded with selections from Bernstein’s musicals. Again the impact of the music was diffused by unnecessary commentary, this time presented in near talk-show format from Jamie Bernstein and BBC veteran Humphrey...