Word: impromptu
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...everywhere, every day, in clubs at night and on the Malecón in the mornings--music. At González Coro hospital in Vedado, where my wife was working for the summer, surgeons broke out a boom box in between patients and invited nurses and med students alike for an impromptu salsa session. Dance, sing, smile, repeat: the cultural cure for whatever ailed the revolution...
...With its mix of whimsy and humor, the school has become a surprise hit in a land of supposedly reticent people. On its opening day, a thousand visitors passed through, some sprawling on a cheetah-print chaise longue for impromptu therapy sessions, others buying books shelved in categories like "For Those Who Have Fallen Profoundly and Unexpectedly in Love" and "For Those Whose Jobs Are Too Small For Their Spirit." It sounds hopelessly self-indulgent, but for anyone confronting existential angst, a dose of high-brow self-help can go a long way. "We start from the perspective that most...
...DKNY and Doo-Ri Chung. But what keeps Project East running is much less glamorous: the simple hard work and countless hours spent in preparation and planning. At the model fitting the previous Saturday, Project East has moved the furniture and rugs in the Winthrop JCR to create an impromptu runway. Racks of clothing sit by the windows as the models try on different outfits. There is only one mirror in the entire room, and even that one ends up falling and cracking. The models seem to be running mostly off the feedback from the directors and each other...
...crowd erupted into cheers and hugs, and people hoisted the Obama cut-out into the air and passed it around. Festivities spilled out into the Yard, where students congregated around the John Harvard statue. After a brass band played the National Anthem, the crowd broke out into impromptu chants of “O-bam-a†and “Yes We Can.†—Staff Writer Lauren D. Kiel can be reached at lkiel@fas.harvard.edu...
...Palin ally, Anchorage Republican Senator Gene Therriault, formed an impromptu spin room after French's statement, telling the cameramen and reporters who crowded around him that Oct. 10 was an "artificial deadline" and that the real question of the investigation was already solved in his mind - Palin had the right to fire Walt Monegan because he was an at-will employee. But the other question is still germane: Did Palin, her staff and her husband pressure Monegan to remove Wooten from the force? There's evidence to suggest they did, starting with Palin's own admission that there were over...