Word: polisher
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...virtue of the poems. We continue on in our incomplete lives armed with the completing questions. Even at 85, Hartwig still discovers new mysteries of life to explore. “Unfinished,” an anthology of her selected poems, is the first English publication from Hartwig, a Polish poet best known for her translations of English and French poetry into her native language. Translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter, the book is a window into Hartwig’s interpretation of the real essence of life. Unconstrained by the expectations of social constructs and unencumbered by the tendency...
...making the reams of statistical information much more reader-friendly. At one point, you basically compare teams that use the shift against Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz to "Polocks hunting landmines." You say they're "dumb." Though you are quick to point out that there are only "three Polish guys" who are "offended by Polock jokes." Why push the envelope...
...Music director Aram Demirjian ’08 led the orchestra with great poise, but Albright stole the show when he led the orchestra through Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1”—a notoriously difficult piece—with great polish and professionalism. The evening began with Igor Stravinsky’s “Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra,” which showcased the woodwind players at their very best. The small size of the orchestra helped build an intimate atmosphere within Paine Hall.In the first movement...
...shoot their movies was essential to the survival of the industry, because, in a country whose average income is less than $1 per day, there simply isn’t the money for big-budget films.Associate producer Aimee Corrigan explained that the industry’s lack of polish is the result of a practical application vacuum in Nigerian film education. “Some universities have theory only, but this is really the problem, is a lack of training,” she said.But that’s part of what makes the people in “This...
Lawrence King, an eighth grader who identified as gay and wore makeup and nail polish, was 15 when he was declared brain dead on Feb. 13. The day before, he had been shot in the head in an Oxnard, Calif., classroom full of students. Police have charged a sweet-faced boy called Brandon McInerney, 14, with first-degree murder and with a hate crime. According to the Los Angeles Times and KTLA, McInerney and some other boys accosted King about his sexuality on Feb. 11. Students apparently often taunted King, who didn't even have a safe home to return...