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...fairness, Bush probably never expected North Korea or Iran to step out of line when he first brandished his “axis of evil” rhetoric in the aftermath of Sept. 11. He probably hoped that name-dropping would heighten our alarm and rally support for his particular response...
...Scrabble tiles (which hardly ever happens), or b) counting up who has the most words (which is often readily apparent when the game is over, just by looking at the table). The player to his left then begins flipping, and more words are formed and claimed. Tensions heighten and competitive natures surface as pre-existing words are “stolen” and transformed into new words with different bases. Daniels discovers LEAN; an I is flipped, and Eisenkraft quickly steals it as ALIEN; a V is drawn, and Daniels reclaims it as VENIAL. Daniels gloats, taunts and frequently...
...times, a threat concealed a promise. In 1997, Shakeel asked an obscure producer named Nazim Rizvi to shelve a film because it might heighten Hindu-Muslim tensions. "I have told him to make proper films and assured him that his costs will be taken care of," Shakeel told time, adding, "If the director doesn't abide by my decision, I'll just have to kill him." Rizvi obliged. Three years later, Rizvi made the lavish Chori Chori Chupke Chupke with a brilliant cast that was not only expensive but booked for other films years in advance. Shakeel had come through...
...arpeggios, while the bass drum is joined by a foreground tapping (presumably the rim of the snare drum), as if someone is keeping time on the mike with his buck teeth. In the bridge, Jerry Lee's left hand rumbles menacingly up to the break, when four-note poundings heighten the melodrama of the lyric: "You're fine, so kind/ Got to tell this world that you're mine mine mine mine!" Back to the verse, with more rumblings and eruptions - "C'mon, baby, ya drive me crazy" - and on to the two instrumental sections...
Original music for the show, composed by Immediate Gratification Players keyboardist Matt O’Malley ’04 and implemented with the help of the show’s four drummers, will serve to sustain and heighten the themes of primitivism and desperation that run throughout the show...