Word: gracefulness
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...bring together the virtually infinite [number of] talented performers on campus with the even more plentiful music lovers,” writes the Collective’s Grace Catenaccio ’04 in an e-mail. “[We] create a forum for musical expression that is sadly lacking at Harvard. Until the Collective, [there was] nowhere that musicians of all styles and experience levels could just come to jam. We have jazz, we have country, we have hip hop and we have a lot of folk rock...
...lower galleries. Others reclined in luxurious brown leather couches and chairs, chatting amidst paintings by turn-of-the-century American painters. The scene was quintessential Gatsby—cultured, decadent and highly civilized. Renaissance works by renowned artists including Anthony van Dyck, Giovanni Battista Moroni and Peter Paul Rubens grace the walls of the adjacent European paintings wing, where the wine flowed profusely—by way of several long cash bars. Live music by the David Eure Jazz trio set a mellow mood as violinist David Eure, pianist Jacques Chanier and bassist Carlos del Pino entertained guests with...
...most savage physical and psychological tortures...Also, the constant sounds of chains and gates and the frequent cries and pleas of women prisoners that get lost in the echo of the cold walls convert this place into a Dantesque inferno that I have tolerated only by the mercy and grace of God. The more they torture me, the more I seek God, the more I cling to the feet of Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, not death...
...athletic potential. But it's more than that. Soccer's a great game, but you won't see rugby players at this Cup faking pain to gain advantage - real pain follows the rugby player everywhere - and you're certain to see acts of sportsmanship and good grace in defeat rarely seen at other high-stakes tournaments. Minnows like Namibia, Uruguay and Georgia may suffer hidings, but fair-minded Australian crowds will warmly applaud their efforts. The victor is anyone's guess, but this much can be predicted with confidence: over six weeks that side will have played with a power...
...popular music. But the producers still manage some ear candy—Nancy Sinatra’s rendition of “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” uses guitar reverb and slow, deliberate whispering to imbue a story of destroyed childhood love with striking grace. Luis Bacalov’s “The Grand Duel – (Porte Prima)” instantly rockets listeners back to their childhood dreams of being the good cowboy in the final gunfight. “Green Hornet” swings in a way that recalls...