Word: liven
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Office is one of several shows that should help BBC America become profitable within the next 18 months. The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) launched BBCA five years ago to liven up the Beeb's image in the U.S., export more British culture and, since it runs ads, turn a profit. BBCA is the Beeb's low-rent cousin...
...though the silhouettes in the final scene are brilliant, the purple flashes accompanying Foustka’s quasi-pacts with Fistula could be better established and used elsewhere—and the bits of musical scoring occasionally hit and miss. The set is stylistically unremarkable, though the fog machines liven it up. The costumes are fabulous—the bowler hats, in particular, are clutch—but the choreography verges on mediocrity and, far worse, doesn’t seem integrated into the production as a whole...
...terms of cultural tragedies, the passing of the boa ranks with the loss of “Charles in Charge.” Aside from protecting the tender underside of one’s chin from the dangers of windburn, a boa can provide a splash of color to liven up even the most drab of fishnets and black bitch-boots...
...Color is always in and is a good and inexpensive way to liven up any apartment—just be careful which tones you choose. “Dark colors can make a small room look smaller,” Silverman says. “Go for bright and fun instead...
...room in which she will do their washing, drying, folding and ironing. It will also serve as her home office, a workshop for crafts projects and sleeping quarters for the dog. Spall can go on in great detail about the crown molding, the picture window and her plans to liven up the cream-colored walls. The laundry room will be her haven, she says--"my own private little space...