Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Doug talked about his house, the phrase "design criteria" came up again and again. There are, he said, "no flourishes, no filials, no shades, no shutters." But that doesn't mean the house lacks elegance, just that everything has a purpose. "One thing that always bugged me about houses was that you can't get at anything, so everything here is accessible," Doug said. "You open a panel in the wall to get at the wiring and plumbing...
...cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in you bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattered by a phrase or a phrase reading about the "Xian myth...
...stands for. An emotionally wrenching case in point: the widespread support among Southern blacks for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas after his elevation to the high court was threatened by Anita Hill's sexual-harassment charges. Thomas claimed he was being subjected to a "high-tech lynching," a phrase designed to appeal to the racial sensitivities of blacks and white guilt...
...prone to write tinkly, brittle art songs that break off in midphrase and to fill them with lyrics so clever they reward, and maybe require, repeated hearing. Like Sondheim, he is witty, wistful and wickedly funny. But Finn is readier to satisfy the playgoer's yearning for a hummable phrase. In Falsettos he gives every character a big ballad, ranging from the tender What More Can I Say to the abandoned wife's showstopper I'm Breaking Down to the AIDS patient's edgy, sardonic You Gotta Die Sometime. In all, the three dozen musical numbers...
Inwood says that two of the three male parts had not been accepted after casting lists were posted. As a result, Inwood claims, she and the producer had the right to "pull from the outside"--a phrase that describes the process of auditioning and casting actors who had not originally tried out for the show. Inwood also asserts that the part was offered to Jones by the show's producer, Hubert Lin, without her prior knowledge or consent...