Word: poetically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...natural comedian, he doesn't have much range, and he has problems creating a coherent character. One moment Joe is ridiculously inept; the next an almighty deity. For example, he comes to Earth having no idea what peanut butter is--he literally probes the jar for minutes and waxes poetic over the gooey sweetness. Later in the movie, however, he offers his own perspective on the IRS and denounces a fellow character's "Machiavellian machinations." Fast learner...
Indeed there is. Levine studies a form of Qi Gong called Eight Treasures, composed of 32 linked exercises, with poetic names like "The Unicorn Turns Its Head to Look at the Moon" and "The Weeping Willow Shivers in the Early Morning Dew." There are thousands of other forms, each embracing a complete set of exercises...
...this stand he's trying to take. "I think he's actually under the belief that he's not simply a doctor now," said longtime Kevorkian lawyer Geoffrey Fieger, adding that the doctor wouldn't do anybody any good by "martyring himself" now. There is, however, no justice more poetic than a euthanasia doctor ending his career by his own hand...
...room for Mendelssohn's own creative energy. The final movement's majestic theme, not heard in any of the previous sections, will make an audience sit up and listen more closely. The Handel & Haydn Society performed the symphony admirably. The work was fluid and captivating, moving from melancholy to poetic to lively without any stops. There were no breaks between the movements, a departure from the traditional format most composers, including Mendelssohn himself, used. Mendelssohn's fundamental charm combined with a skillful performance made for a wonderful evening at Symphony Hall...
...each morning without thinking or choosing, which [she] could wear all day and even at night and revel in the pleasure of the fabric against [her] skin, the swirl of the skirts, the elegant shape." These rare and vivid images are beautiful and show Schine's strength as a poetic writer...