Word: lightful
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...clever, stuttering child in small-town Pennsylvania and went to college at Harvard, where he served as head of the Lampoon, the campus humor magazine, rather than its storied literary magazine, the Advocate. He dabbled in cartooning, and his first published work in the New Yorker consisted of light verse. (See pictures of John Updike...
...that looks familiar but confusing to modern English speakers (he penned "Auld Lang Syne," which most of us can pronounce but not interpret). In 1786, he published his first book of poems, on everything from religious hypocrisy to a typical Scottish Saturday night. The poems were catchy, sarcastic and light; the book was an instant success. Like a struggling actor who lands a part on a major sitcom, the fame came hard and fast - everybody in Scotland suddenly knew...
...surreal evening of intricate choreography, acrobatics, and optical illusion. At the start of “Oratorio,” the stage is dominated by its red velvet curtain and a large chest of drawers, offering little hint of the spectacle to come. Shortly after the house lights dim, though, a voicemail message plays in French and the top-left drawer opens. A pale, lithe arm extends into the darkness, a lit cigarette in its hand. The next few minutes are simultaneously hilarious, disturbing, and beautiful, and they aptly set the tone for the rest of the show. An impossible...
...dances by the Pinewoods Morris Men and the clogging of Gillian Stewart.The Morris Men make several appearances, sometimes with jingle bells attached to their knees, other times with swords. Stewart demonstrated her unique clogging abilities, skillfully jumping in the air, clicking her heels together, and spreading the light-heartedness of the act, even in her heavy shoes. The Casterbridge Children, the youngest group involved, were also impressive. They held their own with the adults while harmonizing perfectly and performing old-fashioned comedic skits about animals.In addition to the acting, the fashions of the characters also made quite a statement throughout...
...Iggy's dishes, is that marvelous interplay between sweet and salty that the Japanese call umami. Not all dishes at Iggy's live up to this transcendent promise (on the night we visited, the dessert was a disappointingly boring fig tiramisu). But there were hints of greatness in the light-as-a-cloud gazpacho sorbet served as a palate cleanser, and in the charcoal-grilled Wagyu steak, which is little larger than a square of chocolate but infinitely rich, smoky and dense...