Word: languid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hundreds of Boston-area college students have received this e-mail from a modern version of Yenta the matchmaker. It is sent by DateSite.com, an on-line dating service started by a group of Winthrop sophomores that promises to spark action in the usually languid Harvard dating scene...
...audience to tears. The voices ofEichenberger and Cearcy, as Mother and Sarahrespectively, create the audio equivalent ofheartbreak itself--Eichenberger with painfullymeasured dignity, Cearcy with a flood of rawemotion. As Coalhouse Walker Jr., Hamiltondisplays an enormous range of talent both duringand between his solo numbers. He slips into eachmood--from languid happiness to pure joy to miseryto violent anger--with a realistic lucidity thatcements his position as one of the mostoutstanding members of the cast. In addition, thecharacters of Tateh, Mother's Younger Brother andEmma Goldman are brought to life by some of themost gifted and versatile actors ever seen...
...their deal is approved, Malone and Armstrong hope the merger will be a kind of business Viagra for AT&T's famously languid corporate culture. The two say their merged companies could start phasing in these hot new services swiftly. About 25% of TCI's systems will have the capacity to carry two-way traffic by the end of this year, with 95% scheduled to be ready by the end of 2000. At the same time, AT&T plans to spend some $400 per household to install the digital set-top boxes that will serve as portals to high-speed...
...first rays of a Mediterranean morning bathe the island in languid warmth, its unique features emerge in gentle relief: towering megalithic monuments, colonial facades, a pristine expanse of beach. Along the palm-fringed harbors, sailboats nudge their moorings, and beach lovers prepare for another round of sun, sea and sand. This is an island of captivating contrasts...
...maybe, if we can find it in our hearts, we should reserve a small thank-you to Titanic for making women so hungry to look feminine right now. The era depicted in the movie "was, after all, the era of languid dress," Martin is quick to remind. And more to the point, perhaps, the grand era of fools for love...