Word: hunts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prospectors in Arizona. When the famous die, the salesmen perk up--but the trouble is that the really good art and antiques do not necessarily belong to the really famous. Ergo, find a way of using their fame to endorse their possessions, and turn the sale into a relic hunt...
...solely as preparations for larger studio compositions, but these rarely have the elan and directness of his first insights. For him they were triggers of memory. "After my excursions," he wrote, "I invite Nature to come and spend a few days at home with me; brush in hand, I hunt for nuts in the forest of my studio; there, I hear the birds sing, the trees shiver in the wind...
...never quite get over the feeling of unfairness," she says. "No matter what they call it, you always feel as if you've been fired, and fired for no good reason." Still, Hoak had no choice but to do as millions of Americans have done: she resumed the job hunt. The second time, she says, "it was tough. But it became a little ritual. Each morning I would sit at the table, drink my coffee, read Dilbert. And only then could I start typing my cover letters...
...action of the opera takes place in Persia, in front of the redbrick dwelling of Romilda (Amy Burton), the damsel who is in love with Arsamene (David Daniels), King Xerxes' (Lorraine Hunt) brother...
Mezzo-soprano Hunt stands out in her lead role as Xerxes, the love-starved king, from the opera's very opening moments, when Xerxes professes his love for a tree. Hunt is ably backed up by her supporting cast, which includes noteworthy performances by Waters and Daniels...