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From the beginning, both teams entered the pool ready to battle. The decades-long rivalry undoubtedly in the back of their minds, the players’ determination was quite apparent as the shrill whistle from the referees frequently sounded for fouls on each side...
...score accompanying the various climatic scenes—Ida and Benito’s first love scene, for instance—works marvelously to accent the frightening and sinister aura that surrounds their relationship. The combination of shrill flute lines and harsh stringed instruments in serious scenes like the opening town forum provide an eerie accompaniment to Mussolini’s austerity, a creepiness that accurately complements Mussolini’s bloody thirst for power...
...their comments in the House debate on March 21, Republicans often sounded shrill and angry, sometimes hysterical. This is a real danger for a party that since the 2008 Obama-McCain contest has aimed to appeal to die-hard conservatives at the expense of a broader-based constituency. The illusory belief that a majority can be built from a finite core of animated and agitated souls is what kept Democrats out of the White House for most of the 1970s and '80s, and Republicans are in danger of duplicating that error...
...Bricks” falters, however, is on those tracks that trade a beautifully rounded sound for wavering efforts to be distinctive. “Tuberculoids Arrive in Hop” could be haunting, but it’s overworked, and the result is a strange amalgamation of shrill tones bookended by segments that appear to have been recorded outside. The song is certainly different, but its oddness is remarkable only because it distinguishes itself from much of the rest of the album, which suffers from the conclusion that nine years after breakout debut “The Tyranny of Distance...
Professionally shrill red carpet hosts encourage us to cackle at the fashion foibles of celebrities, and the same nebulous schadenfreude motivates the compiling of countless Worst Dressed Lists. TV cameras are masterfully positioned to capture deliciously revealing reaction shots; there’s nothing quite like the strained smile of someone who just lost an Oscar...