Word: talented
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People should have listened on Friday not out of pity for Linkous's painful past however, but because of the talent they were fortunate to hear. His harsh personal experiences come across in the quiet desperation in his songs, but he does not whine. Instead, he crafts silvery plaintive ballads and shouts distortedly through loud, always oddly melodious numbers. Linkous does not aim to please. Like most uncompromising music, his is not instantly accessible, and Sparklehorse songs gain much from the attentive listening that many at the Middle East did not attempt. During "Junebug," a hushed, plaintive encore...
...that point, the talent of the Big Green took over, led by their terrific trio of juniors, attackers Jacque Weitzel and Emily Fenwick and defenseman Kate Graw...
Still, defying expectations, the Crimson (3-6, 1-3 Ivy) kept it close in the first half, trailing only 6-4. But the Tigers' (5-3, 4-0) talent took over at the start if the second half rattling off five consecutive goals to win 12-8 Saturday at Class of 1952 Stadium in New Jersey. HARVARD 8 PRINCETON...
Still, defying expectations, the Crimson (3-6, 1-3 Ivy) kept it close in the first half, trailing only 6-4. But the Tigers' (5-3, 4-0) talent took over at the start if the second half rattling off five consecutive goals to win 12-8 Saturday at Class of 1952 Stadium in New Jersey...
...other weaknesses. An often sickly child, the financier suffered all his life from colds, headaches and depression--known to him as "the blues"--not to mention rhinophyma, the skin disease that in his 50s turned his nose into a purple bulb. He hated to be alone but had no talent for making friends--as distinguished from mistresses. He started a new romance at age 74 with a titled Englishwoman of 49. Women saw past not only the hideous nose but also the peremptory manner that they thought disguised an inner shyness. With some reason: Morgan was ruthless in getting...