Word: rapt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...feeling unhappy at day care, Katie starts to imagine that the other children do not like her. She suffers from attacks of what she calls "aloneness," a feeling she rarely has when she is at home alone. At day care, Katie's mood alternates between detached boredom and rapt anticipation. One moment she is like an engine revving up, fast and eager. Then she lapses to a slow idle. Whatever internal rhythm Katie is moving to, it is set against a steady background beat of group activity swirling around...
...September 1987, when the government withdrew most of the national currency from circulation; scores died in recurring clashes. Since June, the country has once again been quiet, but a visitor last week remarked on an atmosphere of "underlying tension." Cautious Burmese listened to Ne Win's resignation speech with "rapt attention," he noted, but reacted with little passion. Said he: "People have adopted a wait-and-see attitude...
...listening in living rooms and Rotary clubs from Iowa to New Hampshire. From now on, however, they will come to view the nation as an interchangeable sequence of airports, access roads and motel meeting rooms. The frenzy of Super Tuesday scheduling reduces voters to a blur -- sign-waving supporters, rapt faces in the crowd, a decorative backdrop for TV visuals...
Dragon is a challenging play, but it is too long to retain rapt audience attention, and it does demand constant alertness to decipher dialect. But Sinophiles and drama enthusiasts will appreciate this spicy story of Chinatown challenge...
...couple of botched passages by pianist Loeb couldn't come close to spoiling the rapt beauty of the Andante tranquillo and Allegretto grazioso. Here one heard a surprisingly fine rapport between pianist and violinist, though the balance was too far slanted toward the violin. Loeb seemed too close to the edge of the keys, and his sound was not as well defined as it might have been...