Word: splash
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Maxwell's nuanced new CD might not make as big a chart splash as Hill's, and it might be dismissed by some as overly subtle. However, the album's subdued tone shouldn't be misread as timidity. Maxwell wants to draw you in, cast a spell, and by singing in falsetto, by crooning and cooing, by whispering his way through songs, he forces listeners to really listen, to confront the emotions in his songs rather than avoid them through the cathartic escape hatch of volume. One song, the gorgeous, unhurried Submerge: Til We Become the Sun, is an abstractly...
Without a doubt, the biggest fish to splash upon the men's basketball scene during that opening run was Ivy Rookie of the Year Dan Clemente. The 6'7" forward showcased the complete game at the offensive end, displaying confidence both from the perimeter and with his back to the basket...
...most noteworthy newcomer to the Crimson was freshman phenom Dora Gyorffy, whose gravity-defying ability helped her dominate the high jump event throughout the year. A national champion in her native Hungary, Gyorffy made an instant splash on American soil...
...scene is irresistible: smiling children in colorful clothes running and playing while behind them, green rice paddies stretch to distant mountains illuminated by a splash of sunshine off the gilded dome of a Buddhist temple. It is hard to imagine how this scene could be the latest weapon of a despotic military regime which continues to rule the Southeast Asian nation of Burma. But the scene is as dangerous as it is irresistible...
...hours; the show will transfer to Broadway later this month. A second McDonagh play, The Cripple of Inishmaan, opens this week at the Public Theater, in a new production directed by Broadway veteran Jerry Zaks. Friends warned McDonagh against trying to make his U.S. debut with a double splash, but he dismisses the concerns with a smile that could be read either as naivete or arrogance: "I like the bigness of having two plays here. It's the pizazz. The Muhammad Ali thing...