Word: length
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when the text was forgotten, truths of her soul were brought forth by the flash of her hands and the serene voice that is only hers. One convoluted question came from the back of the theatre, read rather than spoken due to its length. After a pause and recuperation from the audience, Whoopi lucidly gave an unrehearsed answer with confidence...
...performance takes place in the Eliot House dining hall, transformed for this occasion into an arena where stage and audience strangely collide. At first, this non-traditional set-up might seem uncomfortable; the orchestra was extremely close, almost at arms-length from the public. But in fact, this proximity--a frequent device of theater and plays--creates an intimate interaction between the audience and the performers, rare in opera these days. What the work loses in majesty, it gains in intimacy and closeness...
...temperature plummets, students face the annual question of whether or not the time has come to pack away their shorts for good. Should they resign themselves to another season of ankle-length coverage or flout convention by remaining faithful to their summer attire? Of course, shorts-wearers must endure hardships from bitter air biting at their legs to flabbergasted double takes. These individuals must possess extraordinary self-confidence to publicly expose themselves daily. In short, to wear shorts in the winter is to be a true iconoclast, a super hero who rejects all societal notions of behavior, a human being...
...event, chances are that you will catch them at dinner. Since Harvard grads, like so many other Americans, now eat anytime from 5:30 to 10 p.m., you can hardly avoid it. And dinnertime may be your most favorable opportunity--it either limits the length of your conversation or, conversely, renders people more likely to chat...
Despite Tracks' impressive length, it represents only a portion of the unreleased material Springsteen has stored up over the years. While recording his last studio album, The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995), he also laid down a country album. That unreleased effort, says Springsteen, features "roots country and West Texas swing music," but it didn't fit in with this current boxed set, and he hasn't decided what to do with...