Word: liven
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...THAILAND Pattaya Music Festival [March 21-23] For three days and nights, the beachfronts of the city of Pattaya will liven to international performers of all sorts of musical persuasions. For further details on the jam session, go to thailandgrandfestival.com...
During his tenure from 1829 to 1845, President Josiah Quincy 1790 decided to liven things up by bringing in a “young-lady element” and a band...
...Mitch’s dismay, Renzi chooses Trey, an aspiring actor turned cop after his failure in Hollywood, as Mitch’s camera-friendly partner to liven up the show. Cameras follow the duo; they love Trey, but not Mitch. Renzi eventually hires actor William Shatner, who appears as himself, to teach Mitch how to be “more realistic” on TV. She even attempts to improve his image by renovating his apartment and buying...
...obvious exceptions, level-headed essays of appreciation for roundly-lauded artists—but her unremitting earnestness ultimately make her essays a chore to read. One wonders not just at Sontag’s artistic voracity, but at her boneheaded inability to crack wise now and then, or to liven her discussion with even the slightest dip into the troughs of low culture. Sontag has long been mocked and feared for her imposing figure, and nowhere do we see the intensity of her sternness than in an essay collection like this. It’s not her excessively dour prose...
...Boston should be proud of its Puritan heritage, but John Winthrop must not be allowed to dictate its transportation policy in the 21st century. Extending T hours will allow Boston's sizeable student population to venture more frequently into the city in the evenings, something that may help to liven up the rather placid nightlife of downtown and Back...