Word: impromptu
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...came in 1988, after Uday personally murdered Kamel Hanna Jajjo, Saddam's majordomo, for acting as a go-between for Saddam and one of his mistresses. Word of the scandal spread through Baghdad--even to Nouman, in prison. At her next court hearing, she stood up and delivered an impromptu speech. Uday had killed a man, she said, and he should be brought to trial and imprisoned. "I said what every Iraqi was thinking," she says. "I just had nothing to lose. What could they do to me that they were not already doing...
...city hosted an impromptu hearing, which was attended by several members of the Mather HoCo, Hafrey said...
...simple suitcases that dominate the set typify the effective, understated force of the play. The suitcases serve as impromptu set pieces in the characters’ performance and are still banged against walls and thrown against the ground when the threat of the Nazi’s impending approach terrorizes them. But their presence reminds the audience of the more universal condition of these Jews—their forced transcience and the memories, culture and traditions that remain the lasting possessions they will carry over into their impending ordeal...
...nightmarish situation for the villagers along the road, and that could quickly become a political problem for the U.S. On Monday, a few hours after the Marines moved into Tikrit, we drove down from Kirkuk. Just before the bridge that leads to the city, we were stopped at an impromptu checkpoint. Armed Arab tribesmen invited us - without the option of refusal - to meet their sheik, Said Badr Alihani. They led us along the dusty side roads of their settlement, where we noticed scouts strategically positioned along...
...Church Street, picking rice out of their hair and brushing after-dinner mints off their laps. The lucky ones might have given a lap dance on stage, bumped pelvises with perfect strangers as they danced the “Time Warp” in the aisles, or received an impromptu serenade from a man in lipstick and a miniskirt. They will have seen one of the greatest cult classics of all time, yelled at the screen and watched a seven-person cast act in sync with the movie’s leading players, strutting through the theater in black bras...