Word: impish
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...broad learning and boundless intellectual curiosity, of impeccable integrity, of impish wit and gently clever pen,” said Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans...
...display focused on children, and these ring with the greatest honesty perhaps because the subjects seem completely unaware of the camera’s gaze. In one striking scene, several grade schoolers labor to push a hamper up a dirtied urban avenue. Despite the squalor of the surroundings, their impish smiles and doubled-over laughter show that the activity is more of a game than a chore. In a careful composition, the children’s clothes pick up colors in the graffiti and painted residences in the background, suggesting a unity with their surroundings and an ability to revel...
Simply put, McFerrin’s musical ability is absolutely stunning. He weds prodigious theoretical background to an impossibly eclectic knowledge of genres and an almost perfect instrument to an impish personality. He weaves a sonic experience this is merely unique on recordings but unparalleled in person. When singing solo, McFerrin leaps from rumbling, nearly sub-sonic depths to breathy, almost dog-whistle highs with alarming fluidity. He doesn’t need accompaniment, because he simultaneously functions as his own bass, treble and percussion sections all in one. To that alternately yodelling and resonant presence, he adds sound effects...
...leads: Amitabh Bachchan, who lit up the screens in the '70s and '80s; Shah Rukh Khan, who pulled in the audiences in the '90s; and current heartthrob Hrithik Roshan. Each is paired with an equally stellar actress: Bachchan with his real-life wife, Jaya, whose impish charm once made her the girl Indian men would have loved to take home to mom; Khan with Kajol Mukherjee, whose girl-next-door persona spawned some of the biggest hits of the past decade; and Roshan with Kareena Kapoor, screen goddess of the MTV generation...
...broad learning and boundless intellectual curiosity, of impeccable integrity, of impish wit and gently clever pen,” Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley “Ibby” Nathans said in an email message...