Word: shrills
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...have when you have it. Though this moral is earnest, and the show ended on a sincere note, the real strength of the production lay in its comedic moments. Alison H. Rich ’09 played Contini’s wonderfully frightening producer Lillian LaFleur; with gaping smiles, shrill screams, and impeccable timing, her character stole the show with “Folies Bergeres.” Other highlights were confidently sexy Carla (Jordan A. Reddout ’10) and her “A Call From the Vatican,” as well as Sarraghina?...
...skit takes the mickey out of two of the show's most overused transitions - the whooshing sound that indicates an imminent jump in time (either a flashback or a flash-forward) and the absurdly overused cliff-hanger cue. "If you say something cliff-hangery on the show, all the shrill, like crazy dramatic music comes on, and it cuts to black," notes one of the characters. "It's like the coolest thing ever...
Francophobes who cast all French as neurotically hostile to anything foreign would be wise to upgrade their perceptions. Last week, the supposed champions of shrill nationalism responded with a Gallic shrug to the news that France's legendary Michelin guide will be edited by a German. The clichéd image of France as a bastion of macho swagger took a beating as well: the bible's new boss is a woman. (See TIME's Top 10 food trends of the year...
...vote had originally been slated for Monday, but was rescheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, and then pushed back to 3 p.m. Just before 4.30 p.m. the shrill bell calling lawmakers into the assembly chamber shrieked across the stained thin carpeting of the halls of the Parliament building. But senior members of the Sunni Tawafuk bloc refused to enter the session, leaving the Speaker with little choice but to reschedule the vote for Thursday. "We want our demands met, and they have not been," said Omar Abdel-Sattar al-Karboole, a member of Tawafuk, as the bell rang. (See photos...
...actually wanted to be president since I’ve been about three years old,” Chris told Bumatai. Then he tossed back his head and laughed at the host’s response. It was a nice laugh: short, not too shrill. “At three years old,” Bumatai said, “I wanted to be Big Bird.” When I got into Harvard, my father told me I should watch out for the freshmen who want to be president. There were some in every class—fast-talking...