Word: somberly
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...collection of lushly-layered pop nuggets delivered with gestalt-like intensity; take “Overjoyed,” Side One’s most boisterous track, as an example. A few seconds of warbling static and electronic beeps lead into a chorus of cellos, each emitting a unique, somber strain. Abruptly, the strings are silenced, giving way to a pounding fuzz-bass line and Hart’s abstract yet compelling musings: “Soon you’ll know that we’ve been here before / and you will know we’ve found this...
...post-racial Obama, defusing the situation with a joke about how he would “get shot” if he tried to jimmy open the door of his current residence. But then he moved away from the script. His eyes narrowed, his voice grew somber, and he explained how the Cambridge police had “acted stupidly,” how the incident demonstrated that “race remains a factor in this society...
...somber mood descends upon our canopy-watchers, however, the guides explain that Ecuador recognizes this threat and wants to protect its forests. Without nearly the requisite funding, however, it has implored the international community to provide help. Germany has volunteered to lead this charge, but other countries—such as the United States—must join the effort if the jungles of Ecuador are to survive...
...notorious levels of air pollution, you might want to limit usage of these charming aspects of your room.) But while the accommodation may look like a set designer's dream of the Bund, you'll find all the modern bells and whistles among the thick carpets, opulent upholstery and somber panelling, including Internet-protocol phones and iPod-docking stations...
...interview with The Crimson.Whatever the origins of Harvard’s current predicament in Allston, it is clear that, at least for the foreseeable future, the visionary “blue sky” planning once preached during the Summers era has been replaced by a more measured, fiscally somber planning process. ‘BLUE SKY’Since his earliest days in office, Summers was openly ambitious about his plans to transform Allston, a vision he hoped to make the hallmark of his tenure. As evidenced in his annual letters to the community, his primary motivation to invest...