Word: flair
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...Today, however, the cream of the world's players all tend to play their professional soccer in European clubs, where they're expected to conform to the discipline of the local coaching system. Not that individual skill and flair is completely knocked out of Brazilians turning out in England or Spain, simply that it's placed within the frame of a large, more disciplined and organized team effort. The European clubs seek the silky ball handling skills, speed and unpredictability of players who play the Brazilian game - whether from Latin America, Africa or even France or Portugal...
...have in past games. This isn't just a run-and-gun scenario; there's actual plot points and stuff. There's a more cinematic sensibility at work too - watch for some nice virtual camerawork in the cut scenes. And of course, the creature design has that signature sick flair that one expects from id's artists, who almost certainly were badly mistreated as children...
Mahler's Eighth may or may not be the greatest symphony ever composed, but it's surely the loudest: at its premiere in Munich in 1910, the impresario called it with Barnumesque flair the "Symphony of a Thousand" to convey the immense scale of the work, which requires a double orchestra, a pipe organ, three large choirs and eight vocal soloists. At a performance of the piece last month by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the forces were just shy of 500, more than enough to achieve the sense of grandeur that Mahler envisioned. In the finale, when the massed musicians...
Call it Martha Stewart withdrawal. Suddenly there's a flurry of guidebooks on how to entertain with flair. Lilly Pulitzer offers tips for the perfect twilight campfire with her signature preppy style in Essentially Lilly (Harper Resource). Kate Spade's Occasions (Simon & Schuster) walks would-be hosts through the nuts and bolts of the mise-en-scene of the party before tackling gatherings like tailgates and barbecues. And publicists Lara Shriftman and Elizabeth Harrison bring their expertise in planning bashes for clients like Mercedes-Benz and Cartier to the rest of us with Fete Accompli! (Clarkson Potter) in September...
...exterior doesn’t attract much more attention than the McDonald’s next door. But inside, the scene is worlds away from your typical Boston bar. From the tiled floor to pitchers of their famously authentic sangria, the atmosphere exudes Latin flair. Strong Latin-American accents greet customers at every turn, from the suave bouncer to the lingerie-clad coat-checker. For a more complete immersion experience, some choose to begin their evening with a foray into Spanish cuisine on the first floor restaurant before heading upstairs to dance off their just-consumed...