Word: magical
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...subpar unless “Girls Gone Wild” is released as a club single. The forgettable, flaccid beats and the presence of Pharrell the Well-Dressed Arch-Demon only explains part of it. With “Release Therapy,” Ludacris has lost his magic. —Reviewer J. Samuel Abbott can be reached at abbott@fas.harvard.edu...
...It’s not any secret or magic trick," Tines said. "But it’s just his presence. It’s like ‘all right guys, you know what you’re supposed to do. Just...
...finest American directors of the 20th century, but his last two efforts—the lackluster passion project “Gangs of New York” and the good-but-not-great “The Aviator”—lacked the movie magic of his classics “Taxi Driver” and “Goodfellas.” But now, with the explosive “Departed,” Scorsese delivers a film nothing short of a masterpiece in modern storytelling.Irish-American crime lord Frank Costello, played by Jack Nicholson, plants...
...audience at the original London show, the British construction magnate Robert McAlpine was so enchanted by the stage set that he decided he wanted a bit of Sleeping Beauty's magic for his own domain. So he commissioned Messel to design a suite, a penthouse, a pavilion and a roof terrace with fountain for his luxury London hotel the Dorchester. The result, which opened in 1953 and has been restored but never altered, is truly fit for a princess. The entire scheme is an essay in riotous cod rococo: swagged chintz, contorted gilt (even the bathroom fittings are gold-plated...
...need more [schools] than we have now,” said Duke University’s director of trademark licensing and store operations, Jim Wilkerson, who also serves as a DSP working group chair. “We don’t know what that magic number is,” Wilkerson added. “But we all recognize that broader participation by schools will lead to better implementation of the DSP.” Even with two Ivies and several large state and private universities among the 30 schools who have signed on to support the DSP, many...