Word: spokenness
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...Washington's soft-spoken, gently smiling and ingratiating performance, he is altogether more charming than most of his predecessors; it comes as a real shock when he must off a competitor or a betrayer. And we enjoy seeing him enjoy his success - the gigantic mansion in which he installs his formerly dirt-poor family, his trophy wife, the celebrity that comes to him. There has never been much point in deploring a gangster's rise; it's his demise that we fear - the notion that the American go-getter must inevitably be gotten. "Mother of Mercy, is this...
...half of the time,” says Hall, who is the musical director of the show. “Purcell’s music saves Dryden’s text from being bad.”As a semi-opera, the show’s main action is spoken, with interpolated musical tableaux called masques. The masques, which rarely advance the plot, are the instances where the show is at its most stylized, impressionistic, and ceremonial. There are pagan sacrifices, pastoral masses, and one spectacular encounter between the evil sorcerer Oswald, Cupid, and the tutelary spirit of the frost.The...
...leading expert on concussions in sports, said that Ferrara’s model is the most dramatic advance in helmet technology in 30 years. National Football League (NFL) and National Collegiate Athletic Association players are targets for the new helmet, Ferrara said. He and his team have already spoken with NFL representatives, though no specific plans have been discussed. Xenith has also contacted a limited number of college teams around the country. One of these teams is Harvard. Although the project is not finalized, Ferrara has discussed the Crimson’s timetable for the use of the new technology...
...those who do not follow ultimate fighting, Couture is the sport's Babe Ruth, a classy, soft-spoken gladiator who is nicknamed "The Natural." For fans, his endurance, toughness and proficiency embodies mixed martial arts, the technical name of the sport. Such is his fame that he is now making a foray into movies, with a lead role in Universal's The Scorpion King: The Rise of the Akkadian...
Rugby as a Social Scrum If Vivienne Walt had spoken to a single South African rugby supporter [Sept. 24] she would have realized that they just want their team to win every match it competes in, whether the players on the field are white, black, yellow or pink! Willem du Preez, SOUTH AFRICA...