Word: solemnization
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...after the solemn commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Harvard Law School ArtsPanel hosted a discussion of the legal and ethical issues surrounding the restitution of Nazi-looted...
...bright rehearsal room somewhere in the backstage labyrinth of London's Royal National Theatre, more than 30 men and women - soaring sopranos, firm baritones - are singing what sounds like a solemn Mass - Bach, perhaps. Except the words don't fit. They abruptly launch into an eyebrow-raising staccato fugue - melodically intertwining the phrases "Chick with a dick," "My Mom used to be my Dad, snip, snip," and "I used to be a lap-dancing pre-operative transsexual" - and it becomes evident that possibly this is not Bach. Instead, it is British theater's most talked-about new project: Jerry Springer...
...often-outspoken University President Lawrence H. Summers hasn’t made any public statement of his sympathies in the debate on Iraq. And yet the best he has mustered so far is Mar. 20’s half-hearted, vague statement that “This is a solemn moment” filled with the “anxiety” that comes with war. With that kind of noncommittal platitude, neither here nor there in the ideological conflict, his lips might as well be sealed...
...band’s mellow guitar tone yields a somber mood, evoking a less interesting Interpol. But whereas Interpol glide effortlessly between peppy and solemn, these songs are rarely fun. Even the power-pop infused “Everywhere You Turn” and “All Sewn Up” feel tedious. The album’s low point, appropriately titled “Meet Me at the Bottom,” tries too hard to evoke feelings of uselessness. Perhaps the song does its job too well...
...longer, for example, than Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the U.S., he's a reliable earner in medium-budget action movies. But as he showed last year, Li may need a Chinese director to bring out his own regal steeliness. In the Zhang Yimou hit Hero, he was more than a solemn killer. Radiating grit and elegance, he fully embodied the film's title. And nobody called him Bruce...