Word: singeing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...components contributing to this rape culture are present from childhood. Whether it is the physical violence we may witness in our homes, see on television, sing along to in our popular rock and rap songs, the message is clear--violence as a form of communication is natural, praise-worthy and masculine. Throughout our adolescence and notably in our schools, the voices of women are silenced, and men are taught that they are entitled to power and the validation of their opinions. But the perpetrators are not men. Rather, the responsible party is the system to which both women...
...Leno called the vice presidential debate "must sleep tv," and ABC complained it was a C-SPAN sing-along. A majority of the public say "dull" when pollsters ask them to describe the campaign. By the time of the presidential town-hall meeting, it looked as if Game Six of the pennant race would draw more viewers; midway through, Life Among the Manatees on Nova had more...
...Odyssey starts out speedily: "Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns/ driven time and again off course, once he had plundered/ the hallowed halls of Troy." That man, of course, is Odysseus, the epic hero of all that is to follow, and in calling him "the man of twists and turns" Fagles signals his commitment to economical, concrete descriptions. Fitzgerald's translation introduces Odysseus as "that man skilled in all ways of contending." Some readers may prefer Fitzgerald's rendering, of course, but the contrast shows clearly the straightforward method Fagles pursues...
...evening had a communal ending as the crowd and panelists joined to sing Amazing Grace and students congregated on the stage to continue conversations with the authors...
Since recrossing the Atlantic, she has begun to make waves. Her performance at a celebration of the film music of Duke Ellington at New York City's Lincoln Center in May startled and delighted those who heard it. As she took the stage to sing Ellington's Saddest Tale--performed by Holiday in 1935--her bearing was tentative, awkward. But when she started singing, her performance was said to be impeccably phrased, suffused with emotion; the New York Times said "she might as well have been channeling Billie Holiday...