Word: oddly
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...contemporary art.The most innovative work, by far, was by Wilson Parry, and is on display in Galerie Swantröm (129 Newbury). Perry’s work is bright, candied, and full of three-dimensional elements such as a field of pink foam cones jutting from the canvas. An odd combination of Richard Hamilton—the early Pop artist—and Chris Ofili, whose million dollar installation in the Tate London has been creating a stir, Perry is one of the most adventurous artists on display.Unfortunately for Beth Swanström, the owner of the gallery...
...fierce, demonstrating Bernstein’s versatility and incredible classical foundations.After the intermission Cabell returned to sing the five-song cycle “I Hate Music,” sung from the perspective of a ten-year old. Hearing the prominent soprano sing in a childish style was odd at first, but Cabell pulled it off with flair and ease. Nora I. Bartosik ’08 accompanied with fine piano playing.The evening concluded with selections from Bernstein’s musicals. Again the impact of the music was diffused by unnecessary commentary, this time presented in near talk...
...More than two years before the CIA agents' stay in Palma, rendition teams had begun to be spotted at the scenes of prisoner transfers wearing black ski masks - a sure sign to onlookers that something odd was happening. Six weeks after the 9/11 attacks, an employee at Karachi International Airport told a Pakistani reporter that a U.S.private jet had arrived to collect a prisoner in a quiet corner of the facility, and was "so mysterious that all persons involved in the operation, including U.S. troops [sic], were wearing masks...
...Guide opens with an extraordinary vision of Harvard’s past, depicting it as an epic war between the College’s self-righteous left wing and the wicked tyranny of the Harvard administration.From its introduction, it would almost be easy to mistake the Guide for an odd exercise in irony—it is, after all, hosted at the site “badideafactory.com.” But its implausibility, even its surreal absurdity in some cases—one student writes of her resistance to “wet-dreams of greatness?...
...same kind of pristine October day we’ve been enjoying for the past two weeks. Eighty-odd boys quietly mingled on the back patio of some ancient, enormous North Shore estate, dressed in suits at 10:30 in the morning. There wasn’t much to talk about, and it was far too early...