Word: slimming
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...want to write about an exciting evening at the Oscars - about how "Chicago" became the first musical since 1969 to win Best Picture, and how Nicole Kidman and Catherine Zeta-Jones, as predicted, got to nuzzle the Actress statuettes to their respectively slim and ample bosoms. I want to celebrate a night of surprises, with dark horses galloping past favorites toward the finish line on the Kodak Theatre stage: "The Pianist" for Adrien Brody (the first man under 30 to win Best Actor) and Roman Polanski (at 69, the oldest to win Best Director), plus richly deserved prizes to Hayao...
...only sound in his room the hiss and puff of the respirator keeping him alive. A nurse lifts the sheet, revealing a wasted, waxen-yellow body. "He will probably die," says a duty doctor impassively. "We've used all the resources of the hospital, but his chances are very slim...
...Rails” is the ideal combination of pop and experimental rock. Though its chances for the radio are slim, the song is infectious for anyone who takes the time to listen. Beginning with a simple drum rhythm, the band cleverly adds keyboard, an array of percussion, lulling vocals and charming strings to craft a pensive and stimulating pop tune. Lyrics are few and replete with arresting literal implications. But, as with the nonsensical vocals of Sigur Rós, it’s their sound, more than their actual meaning, that matters most...
Jordan R. Berkow ’03 convincingly portrays the young orphan, Nena. Her slim frame and knock-kneed walk portray the tortured innocent of the kidnapped child whom Orlando houses in his basement where he repeatedly abuses her. Amazingly, Berkow is able to portray the child, first wide-eyed and slightly frightened, later battered and animalistic, and finally returning to the childlike innocence of her first appearance before becoming a participant in the daily humiliations surrounding her. And she does most of this without uttering much more than a few words...
...went in to that room, I thought to myself that there are like 14 classes, hundreds of people in the room, and it’s like applying to Harvard all over again,” Maloney says. “I knew then that there was a very slim chance of me getting into the creative writing program...