Word: lovelornness
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...People Grow Up,” where Morrissey’s tenor tremors in sync with the sinister riffs. “Throwing My Arms Around Paris” is the one track that makes good use of lyrical pretension in its resonant declaration of lovelorn-fueled wanderlust: “I’m throwing my arms around Paris because only stone and steel accept my love.” These moments keep you listening, like small wins at the craps table. You keep listening because you think you might just win, that Morrissey might all of sudden stiffen...
...uncle, King of the Underworld and Lord of the Hotpants, Hades (Tom R. Compton ’09), schemes against his nerdy nephew, arranging a competition between Hugh and a really, really ridiculously good-looking statue, resurrected for the purpose. The literal deification of the dork and the lovelorn trials of geeky girl and resident accountant Roseanne (Derek S. Mueller ’10) make for a show that joins frat boys and math puns. Writers Alexandra A. Petri ’10 and Megan L. Amram ’10 opted to limit the offensive one-liners...
...soldier in the People's Liberation Army during China's Cultural Revolution, before moving to the U.S. on a scholarship and, eventually, winning the National Book Award for his novel of a lovelorn Chinese army officer, Waiting. In his nonfiction debut, The Writer as Migrant, Ha Jin explores attempts by transplanted writers - among them Conrad, Nabokov and Beckett - to find connections between their adopted homes and native lands...
...played the fairy queen’s love interest, Private Willis, also developed the comic potential of his role fully. Kramer, who begins the second act with “When All Night Long,” builds on his comedic portrayal as a lovelorn soldier throughout the play, occasionally interjecting humor into other select scenes...
...elbowed one of its veteran analysts--starchy, sulfur-mouthed Osborne Cox (John Malkovich)--out of the agency. In revenge, Osborne starts composing his memoirs, a computer disc of which falls into the hands of two gym employees: lovelorn Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand) and her goofball pal Chad Feldheimer (Pitt). Linda is having an affair with federal Marshal Harry Pfarrer (Clooney), who's also been servicing Osborne's icy wife (Tilda Swinton). When Chad and Linda contact Osborne to return the disc, Harry stumbles into the deal. Plot thickens; nooses tighten...