Word: odd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most Crimson readers, of course, do not care enough to call every time they are missing their free copy. Subscribers to national newspapers who forked out 80-odd dollars for their annual subscriptions, on the other hand, tend to be a little more irate when they don't get their Times or Journal. David Amerikaner '01, who received his Wall Street Journal only twice in two weeks, writes, "I have been calling the Crimson...[and] have left four messages so far, none of which have been returned. I expect a full refund for all of the days our paper...
...odd campaigning in the last 24 hours.It's a very difficult time for candidates,"Kennedy said...
...second thing I think about--I know this sounds odd--is Bill Clinton. But if you could see this haunted house, you would note how sad and uncomfortable it makes you feel. The place is destroyed and not destroyed; it is both the ghost and the living thing. Its overgrown lawn is as thick as thatch. Its chimney tips like a cocked hat. At dusk its side wall, blasted by the dying autumn light, shows in a fierce and pathetic white--a burn victim in a sheet...
Somerville Theater seemed like a rather unusual place for Williams to perform--the theater's interior is scattered with an odd array of gilded Corinthian columns painted black and silver reminiscent of severe Ayn Rand lightning bolts. The rest of the theater had an almost sickingly disproportionate amount of mauve. A mostly middle-aged crowd, situated comfortably in plush seats, waited anxiously for Williams arrival...
R.E.M.'s 11th CD in 18 years opens with a mysterious blend of overlapped keyboards with a low, pulsating bass in "Airportman," giving the album its mellow feel right off the bat. The overbearing power chords grizzly feedback and odd dissonance are gone, and the listener is left with more R.E.M. tunes to put on his "R.E.M.'s Greatest Hits" tape. "Daysleeper" exhibits commercial potential, but the music scene has changed so much that "Daysleeper" may be deemed just another good R.E.M. song by the listening public, rather than a big hit like it would've been...