Word: sharpness
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When the lights die, a figure creeps onstage. Suddenly she flicks on a flashlight, delivering a quick start to all. The action immediately roars forward; characters, entering with minimal warning or fanfare, cut large and impressive figures. Sharp and striking sound effects abound, from snaps of a whip to the clanking of metal wheels...
These themes have been treated elsewhere—most flamboyantly, by Salman Rushdie in East, West and The Satanic Verses. In Naipaul’s younger days, he had a sense of humor as sharp as Rushdie’s, but always muted by wry restraint. By now this restraint has entirely choked away the humor in Naipaul’s fiction, as well as much of the dark gravity that made Naipaul’s post-comic fiction so attractive. The final section, with its political uncertainty and sense of alienation, faintly resembles a low-key A Bend...
Rensselaer certainly raised some eyebrows by defeating perennial Hockey East power New Hampshire and nearly coming back from a 6-1 deficit against Boston University on the strength of a Cavosie hat trick before losing, 6-5. RPI also looked very sharp on the road at Minnesota-Duluth in a pair of one-goal losses...
...young talent on its roster and returns six of its top eight scorers from last season. Sophomores Jeff Miles and Patrick Sharp were two of the ECAC’s top newcomers in 2000-01, and the emergence of junior Shawn Conschafter between the pipes during last year’s playoffs bodes well for Coach Mike Gilligan’s team...
...Voldemort, who killed his parents. Editions of the books all over the world showed the scar in various places, so the director went to the source. "I drew a face with a wizard hat, and I had her draw in the scar," says Columbus. She described it as "razor sharp" and drew it vertically down the right side of Harry's forehead...