Word: impromptu
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Even so, Bremer quickly assumed an almost presidential air, appearing in public in jacket and tie despite the sweltering heat. Bremer did make impromptu visits to shops and restaurants--efforts to show that some sense of normalcy was returning. But by late last summer, the violence against both coalition targets and Iraqis had begun, and Bremer has rarely been out of his security bubble since. A former top adviser who briefed Bremer every day says Bremer was in constant contact with his bosses at the Pentagon, talking daily with Washington officials like Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. "I was never...
...gathered in the Kirkland JCR, but by the end of the question-and-answer session—when, he said afterwards, he felt he and the audience “knew each other”—the aging guitar star brought out his acoustic to play two impromptu tunes, stretching his dulled but still bright voice to hit the high notes, entirely solo. If his lively talk had left any doubt about the power Stills has to inspire a crowd, his music quickly dashed it with the first finger-picked chords...
Ardrey, the video’s executive producer, paces around a nearby salad bar arranging impromptu choreography for a group of eleven year-olds who have been hired to spoof popular R&B group...
...more effective was the authentically anthemic “Almost Crimes,” which had Haines and pseudo-frontman Kevin Drew singing together in waves of mounting energy, leading the audience to rewarding sections of frantic improvisation. This song, with its impromptu guitar solos and impassioned finale, truly stole the show and the audience. “Cause=Time” was another highlight—a steadily chugging offbeat propelled the more restrained, but just as powerful number, its potential voltage crackling under a metronomic progression...
...battles draw on the head spins and jerky moves associated with break dancing. According to Tom Sisk, owner of Centro-Fly, a nightclub in New York City, on any given night in his club someone might engage in an impromptu dance battle. Says Sisk: "It's a lot more interesting to see 700 or 800 people stop to watch two kids challenge each other through dance than to stare at the DJ all night long...