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...course, was Valli's voice, stretching two words into ten aching, urgent syllables ("Sheh-eh-eh-eh-eh-er-ry bay-yay-bee") over half of the four-line chorus. / Sheh-eh-ry, can you come out tonight?" The falsetto is used to establish the singer as the proper young gent ("You better ask your mama. / Tell her everything is all right"). Then the tenor shout in the bridge reveals him as the panting teen wolf ("With your red dress on, / Mmm, you look so fine. / Move it nice and easy. / Girl, you'll make me lose my mind"). That...
...grey-bearded man wearing a maroon beret, puts his palms on either cheek of his lady companion, and then swoops in to kiss her savagely. Then, just down the way, a very pale white woman appears in Nigerian garb that she has been saving for just the proper occasion: an ankle-long, garish purple gown with green-glimmering sequins. She is emaciated—presumably by choice, not because (like a good many of the Africans she studies) she lacks food—and she is stumbling down this long, paisley-print carpet with a precarious glass of red wine.Lest...
...Beasts of No Nation” isn’t, and doesn’t want to be, an informative or documentary novel. Iweala says his goal in writing the book was to “be engaging and make people think.” To create the proper atmosphere, he coupled the landscape of his native Nigeria with events that have happened in other countries. “The experiences of child soldiers are similar everywhere,” Iweala explains.And though the lack of specificity can sometimes be wearisome, it allows for a stronger emphasis on the emotional...
...Dunster presently has racks to accommodate over 200 bicycles, in an area fairly well illuminated and trafficked, but less than half are actually being used.”Catalano says that the ultimate responsibility should belong to bike owners. He noted that not all bikers follow proper locking procedure (going throuhg the frame, rack, and wheel) or use U-locks, which are more secure than cable locks.“Some people are just lazy,” he says.But Ledlie thinks the University community and its police force could do more.“The problem could be improved...
...beautiful to play Elizabeth Bennett. It’s the story of a fairly plain girl who gets a catch because of the liveliness of her mind. I went to this hotel bar, and in the darkened corner sat Keira. She was a right scruffy little thing and a proper tomboy. Keira says exactly what she thinks and she has an incredible lively quick wit. She’s very bright and she has a grand independence of spirit. THC: What pressures, either personally or externally, did you face in adapting a greatly beloved novel, especially after there?...