Word: languidly
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...don’t actually think that we sound that alike,” Droste tells me when I call him at home. “They have a much more frenetic energy to them. This is a little more languid, a little more mournful...
...away in Songjiang, barefoot migrant workers are building another massive satellite city, this time a vision of ye olde England with tidy Tudor cottages, cobbled paths, a giant castle and a garden maze. In Pujiang, another Shanghai suburb, 100,000 citizens will soon occupy an Italian dreamscape complete with languid canals. In all, at least 500,000 people are expected to live in Shanghai's seven new satellite towns, each designed in the style of a different Western nation. Zhou Jin, an executive currently residing in Shanghai, will soon move into a $67,000 apartment in Anting, where a Volkswagen...
...gifted as they are, the best of the rest can seem limited, even impotent, on the other side of the net from Federer. As Federer played world No. 10 Gaston Gaudio at Melbourne's Kooyong Classic last week, a first impression was that they were equally matched. Indeed, appearing languid, Federer dropped the first set. He then pressed a button in his mind. Moving like a cat and blending a tease of delicate volleys and pinpoint groundstrokes through an otherwise workmanlike showing, he breezed through the rest of the match for his 22nd consecutive...
...title implies, and choreographer Elizabeth Coker, a Columbia junior, proves deceptive in her simplicity. Three lone dancers each represent moderation, majesty, and passion in their musical forms. Molly M. Altenburg ’07 begins as Allegro Moderato—the warm colors of the lighting and her languid style emphasizes the moderation of the title. In one of the transitions whose ease marks the piece, Erin A. Straw ’07 enters as the epitome of majesty, Allegro Maestoso. Her performance is much more lively, almost frantic—but it is similar to Altenburg?...
...first set of pieces focus solely on physical aspects. “Burning Desire” starts the show slowly and shallowly; the languid motions of the dancers aren’t meant to mirror the emotion of the title, but only to spark it. The shimmery gowns make the dancers seem ephemeral and almost fairy-like, contributing to the emphasis on the fleeting and the physical...