Word: formality
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Rocking the stage in formal suits, ties, vests, (and one beanie) Interpol sleekly managed to attain the impossible: a calm vibe in a sparkling atmosphere. Basking in the shade of their backstage multicolor spotlights Paul Banks’ rich voice became a static shadow glued to center stage, Sam Fogarino’s brilliant percussion a shimmer of cymbals, and Carlos D.’s bass a rock of rhythm...
...next year I was enrolled at the Ruth Williams Dance Studio in Harlem, New York City, and my love for the stage and dedication to hard work and development was definitely born in my years at the studio...Over my six years of formal training, I learned ballet, tap, and body percussion, and although I took professional classes for only six years, in high school I became very involved in cultural clubs and learned a bit of tango, Japanese fan dancing, and Irish step dancing. My best times, however, were always spent dancing in my room (and almost breaking things...
...Boston] club scene isn’t really geared to nurturing talent,” says Nidle. “There isn’t really [another] listening room. The environment we have is concentrated—it’s almost too formal for a lot of people, you’re not socializing, you’re not drinking, you’re not getting stoned...
Contrast that with the somewhat less formal “Ambiguous Unnamed Study Break” in Straus A, where boxed ice cream consumed in the stairwell by a meager three students is the norm...
Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby said at yesterday’s Faculty meeting that he does not want professors “to decide in a formal way on the recommendations coming from our curricular review committees until we have had as much time as we need in settings informal and formal to discuss and debate them...