Word: stark
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Though the set is sparse and the scenery simple, the play’s impact is in no way compromised. The only exit for escape, a barred and locked window, is sufficiently emphasized and the stark visual look even enhances the patients’ sense of helpless solitude...
Saturday night was a stark contrast to the offensive explosion seen the night before. With Union on top 2-1, moments away from securing their second sweep of the 2001-02 season, Bemidji State’s Marty Goulet put a shot past Dutchmen goaltender Brandon Snee to tie the game with just four seconds to play...
...team’s core players—claiming two come-from-behind World Series victories on crisp autumn nights at historic Yankee Stadium. All the while, there was the flag from the World Trade Center remains hanging next to the center-field scoreboard, standing as a stark reminder of the enduring pain and hope present in New York. I must admit it gave me the chills...
After a Palestinian assailant murdered Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze’evi two weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yasser Arafat a stark choice: hand over the murderers or pay the price. In the days since the first-ever assassination of a cabinet minister by a Palestinian, Arafat has not sufficiently cooperated with Israel in tracking down, arresting and handing over the suspects...
...final section of the show is a rock ballet, “Warning This May Cause,” choreographed by a professional choreographer Derrick Sellers, and complete with a light show and music by Björk. The frantic, almost violent tone of the ballet is a stark contrast to the fluidity of the previous piece. When the dancers open their mouths, there is almost a bestial quality to them; when they assault the stage with baseball bats, they assault the senses of an audience not used to movements so powerful and abrupt. This piece, the most challenging...