Word: outlandishing
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...Struthers is not the only one bouncing around the stage. Some of the show's most amusing moments come when 6-year-old Victoria Pontecorvo, who plays the orphan Molly, mischievously mimics Struthers' outlandish antics. Pontecorvo's tiny size and huge smile will immediately win any audience over, and her imitation of Miss Hannigan's drunken walk and fondness for the flask are priceless. "It's the Hard-Knock Life," the orphan's second song, is an adorable synchronized number filled with metal wash-buckets and rags, and choreographer Peter Gennaro wisely capitalizes on the charm of his youngest orphan...
...that getting married this June, after I graduate, seems an outlandish proposition to me, when many members of my family and the parents of many of my friends did just that--signed on for life shortly after receiving their diploma...
...some discussion of place-based or regional challenges, but this is clearly not what brings most students to the course. Racial and ethnic strains on nationhood are well understood, but the idea that a region like the Rocky Mountain West might begin to question the prevailing nationalist assumptions seems outlandish--or, in another word, provincial. But such an attitude no longer becomes a world-class center of learning...
Since his winning debut collection in 1988, Mizrahi had been considered the heir to the American sportswear throne shared by Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren. But unlike the holy trinity, Mizrahi, who trafficked in whimsical, feminine, but rarely outlandish garments, never managed to create a signature look. "There were brilliant first collections," notes Richard Martin, head of the Costume Institute at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "but they became more and more erratic. Calvin, Donna and Ralph all developed something very distinctive...
Whatever the price, for some people the journey will be worth the expense. "Rome is the birthplace of Western civilization and Christian culture," observes Joan Lewis of the Vatican Information Service. "As long as you're not looking for something outlandish like a yacht that's going to cross two time zones, this is the place...