Word: laconicism
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In addition to pumping up the detective figure, Thomas’ main innovation is combining the classical detective fiction of Conan Doyle with the hardboiled works of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. The two subgenres meet in Llewelyn, the only character with any sort of depth, who narrates his boss?...
Turner's voice is dry and laconic, and he seldom strays from his middle range, but flourishes would only distract from some of the best lyrics ever written by someone who still lives with his parents. On the punk hurricane I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, he yelps...
"And I am Ninja!" proclaims Nkechi Ka with a high kick and a karate chop, "and we are the Go! Team!" Her energy and the dizzying, euphoric music of the six-piece band galvanizes the capacity crowd at the Astoria. The central London venue regularly welcomes world-class performers, but...
His laconic gravitas reaches its height in several lengthy on-air monologues challenging the senator’s actions. The tendentious rhetoric and fits of self-doubt that punctuate the rest of the film fall away as the camera focuses on Murrow’s lined face, sternly lecturing us...
Guess who?s having the last laugh? The scientists, who together proved that the vast majority of stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria-not stress, spicy food or alcohol-are officially Nobel Laureates. In awarding the prize today, the Nobel committee commented that the pair had fundamentally altered the scientific...