Word: polished
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...latest studio release finds her softening her unique style of urban folk to take on a more contemplative tone. A collaboration with the musicians who once made up her touring band, Evolve bears the excitement, energy and spontaneity of a live album, but still enjoys the polish of a finely tuned studio production...
...have an Australian, a Slovenian, a Kenyan and a Polish-Ghanaian in a bar. It sounds like the setup for a bad joke. But in person it more closely resembled a meeting of a United Nations subcommittee—with one important difference. Mozzarella sticks...
...easy to make friends in America, unlike back home,” says Samuel M. Kabue ’06, who is from Kenya. “They are so warm and open.” But another Sam (Palmer-Amaning ’05), this time of the Polish-Ghanaian variety (his mother is the former, for those who are wondering), jumps in to disagree. “With relationships you cannot be too open immediately with Americans—people get offended so easily here.” And there was a brief moment of international tranquility...
...Melodrama becomes Muntaha, a part-time social worker who looks like a socialite in her chic black woollen overcoat, heavy make-up, purple nail polish and chestnut-streaked shoulder-length hair. Her verbal flourishes borrow heavily from official pamphlets and presidential speeches. But the emotion they convey is her own. Over three days of long conversations, at her home and office, it becomes clear that this bright and otherwise positive-thinking woman is indeed willing to die for Saddam Hussein. Will she back away when the shooting actually starts? That's impossible to tell, but her loyalty to Saddam runs...
He’s a 6’5, hard-throwing righty with three pitches and enough polish to shine a whole roster’s cleats. He was on a College World Series Team. And come opening day, he may be the Crimson’s No. 1 starter...