Word: lesser-knowns
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sylvie and Bruno, one of the lesser-known works by the author of Alice in Wonderland, Bruno tells Sylvie that there are 'around one thousand and two pigs" lying in the field. Sylvie responds that if he is not sure of the total number he should say "around one thousand" and ignore the extra two, to which Bruno replies very gravely, that, on the contrary, it is of the two pigs that he is sure because they are right in front of him, while of the other thousand he has no certainty...
Provost David Minter of Rice University, which ranked number one in Kiplinger's and number two in Money, says that lesser-known schools such as Rice reap greater benefit from college rankings than schools like Harvard...
...used to be on the short list of pianists, he is now on the short-short list. Last Wednesday the BankBoston Celebrity Series did well to host him at Symphony Hall where his foolproof program of old Austro-German masters brought the house down. Perahia opened with a lesser-known Bach English Suite, the fifth, in E minor, S. 810. The Prelude was full of crisp slides and sounded a lot like the F-sharp Major Prelude from Book One of the Well-Tempered Clavier. The allemande was suffused with a sense of wonder at Bach's creation...
...lovers of large winged-creatures-or more accurately, dead, large, winged-creatures-face quite a quandary. But we are a resourceful bunch. We seek out lesser-known creatures, creatures under the radar of government regulation, creatures that aren't too quick and aren't too slow-creatures who cry out, "Please kill us!" Late at night, we gather in small posses, we adorn ourselves in black, and we hunt down these birds. It is our duty, our calling. For the past three years we have lain dormant, waiting for the time to pounce once again...
...spite of an impending snowstorm. Each band was touring to promote its new album: The Cardigans' dark, complicated Gran Turismo was released earlier this fall, as was the American distribution of Kent's Isola. Taking advantage of their wider stateside popularity, The Cardigans headlined the show, leaving the lesser-known Kent to play a short opening set. But popularity was not the best predictor of performance. Kent's brilliant, lacerating set was a tough act to follow, and The Cardigans' pop melodies could only barely compete with the expansive songs of Isola...