Word: stooping
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...What makes Harper's live tracks particularly noteworthy is that his Web-only performances represent his best work to date. His live versions improve and deepen his studio originals, bringing new intimacy to his songs. His live take on his song Steal My Kisses has an inviting, front-stoop feel; the acoustic plaint Widow of a Living Man deftly treads the line between pathos and empathy. The songs take a while to download (it took this critic several hours), but they're worth the wait...
...sensory overload of most public places. So far, to its credit, Harvard has respected our sanity (and has a big enough billfold) not to sell every flat surface in sight. But maybe a less well-endowed university--or the struggling public elementary, middle and high schools--might stoop to such tactics in an effort to find the dollars they need by any means necessary. One wonders if the Siren of the market might just be too strong...
...time lynching exploded, photography had become a well-organized profession and a mass-market plaything. Even the Nazis did not stoop to selling souvenirs of Auschwitz, but lynching scenes became a burgeoning subdepartment of the postcard industry. By 1908, the trade had grown so large that the U.S. Postmaster General banned the cards from the mails. As bad as the pictures of the victims are, those of the faces of the crowd are worse. They stare back at you with the expressions of carnal complicity that you see in faces at the foot of the Cross in Renaissance Crucifixion scenes...
Heaney, who spends six weeks every two years in residence at Harvard as a visiting poet, made his way slowly through the crowd, pausing frequently to stoop and embrace his friends and colleagues along...
...next to her on a gray stoop. "I definitely want to make enough money to secure my future," she says, exhaling smoke from a Marlboro Light. "Rap is just a stepping stone. I want my own label and to watch other talent pay dues and suffer headaches like I used to." She laughs...