Word: spectacularity
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...base camp on her way to bigger things, Sinead O'Connor clings to it as if it were the only haven between her and the abyss. The contrast in styles is made conveniently clear on O'Connor's new double album, She Who Dwells ..., which features a spectacular cover of Do Right Woman. Where Franklin started the song in pieces and pulled herself toward an emotional victory, O'Connor opens Do Right Woman deceptively whole. She does not trill or soar; she just sings notes of remarkable clarity and intensity. But as the Dan Penn/Chip Moman classic unfolds, O'Connor...
University Hall’s decision to replace a portion of the Quadrangle Recreational Activities Center (QRAC) with space for Harvard’s sundry and spectacular dance programs is a reasonable plan—if only regrettably necessary—and deserves student support...
Setting Carnivale in the apocalyptic time of the Bonus Army and Hitler's rise was inspired, and the show looks as spectacular as we expect from HBO; it captures Middle America in a million luscious shades of brown and pulls off the occasional novel, spooky image. But we also expect the home of Tony Soprano to give us characters with well-imagined inner lives. Brother Justin comes across as a typical whited sepulcher--if there's one thing more trite than a dwarf in a surreal drama, it's a preacher with a dark side--and Brown's campy performance...
...American priests are overworked, demoralized by loneliness and scandal, underrespected. According to Gibson's statistics, more than 3,000 (out of 19,000) U.S. parishes are without a resident pastor, and about 2,400 are forced to share a pastor. In the meantime, the exodus from nunneries has been spectacular...
...accounts were opened by Algerian state administrations and public companies - taxpayer money that vanished in Khalifa's high-spending business expansion. The remainder was entrusted to El Khalifa Bank by private individuals - personal savings accounts the government will cover only up to €9,200. While Moumen's spectacular ascent may have been a vicariously wild ride for Algerians while it lasted, the Khalifa crash and burn is a calamity they'll be paying off for decades to come...