Word: flair
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Last spring, Mani helped to organize a karaoke night during reading period. She also showed the flair of spontaneity when going on stage to sing a Sonny and Cher song...
...David Boring by Daniel Clowes (Pantheon; 2000) Best known for "Ghost World," thanks to the movie version, Clowes' "David Boring" is a more sophisticated novel of a guy in search of a woman while the world may be ending. Part of the "second generation" of comix creators, Clowes' flair for offbeat characters and sly humor has no peer...
...With the flair that makes him popular in debates, if not the polls, Sharpton shot back, “I would make sure Bush has all of his stuff out.... I’d change the locks so that all his crowd will stay...
...piece that showed off the orchestra’s full abilities, Haydn’s Symphonie Nr. 88 G-Dur “Letter V” was played with unique flair. Each movement displayed singular flavor and strength of distinctive interpretation. Although I was initially skeptical of the orchestra’s unusual positioning of players for this piece—violins on the outside and violas and cellos on the inside—the result was a relatively harmonic sound. The orientation of the players particularly served to showcase the orchestra’s excellent cello section, headed...
Burning Spear is also an able percussionist and his understated contributions on the congas and woodblocks emphasized the subtlety of his music. His solos were carefully spaced, never devolving into manic virtuosity but underlining Spear’s flair for nuance and rhythm...