Word: gustos
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...Under the baton of Lorin Maazel, the evening's program began with both national anthems and included Dvorak's New World Symphony and Gershwin's An American in Paris. The latter was played by the NYP with suitable pluck, its feverish honks and unbridled gusto trenchantly counterpointing North Korea's stagnation...
...visual highlight of the performance was the descent of an enormous, illuminated pumpkin into the ballroom, with Cornejo perched elegantly inside, shrouded in a Cruella de Vil-like fur cape. Bachelors in penguin suits escorted bachelorettes with wonderful gusto. As Prince Charming, Nelson Madrigal had all of the second act to lament in a style reminiscent of Prince Siegfried’s melancholy soliloquy in “Swan Lake.” Though lacking overwhelming charisma, he made up for it with his superb partnering of an audacious Cornejo. Her abrupt, instinctual shifts in direction as she leapt...
...private school who got in trouble and got sent home early because she was simply on the wrong path, young lady. Tired and frustrated, Lily returned to her room determined to stick it to both her nighttime wardens and the stale daytime sentry who patrolled her school. With great gusto, Lily accented the plaid skirt she is forced to wear every day with slick black strips of duct tape, and, concluding that she had accomplished her goal with great flair and even greater bravery, she called it a night.If Lily’s story sounds familiar, even cheesy, well...
...party: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. As most of the international media has either enthusiastically or begrudgingly remarked, Palin did remarkably well that Wednesday night. Demonstrating her dexterity both on stage and on the attack, Madame Barracuda’s speech catapulted her onto the national conservative stage with great gusto, ensuring her place on it for years to come...
...McCain, who has a bigger hole to fill because he will collect less taxes, the spending issue is one he says he would tackle with gusto once in office. But the details of those spending cuts are mostly, once again, in the sound-bite stage. McCain has promised "comprehensive spending controls," "across-the-board scrutiny" and a bipartisan congressional commission to chop up spending. The goal, says Holtz-Eakin, is to return to the fiscal discipline of the late 1990s, when then President Bill Clinton struck a deal with a Republican Congress to limit spending increases. "People write [new spending...