Word: though
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Though his vision seemed "far-fetched," he said, "so was that of a united Europe" when originally proposed. Papandreou then continued to delineate the procedure that Greece hoped to follow...
...night Hitchcock had succeeded in drawing the entire audience into his little world of metaphorical associations. Though he is often described in the rock press as eccentric (Details magazine once went so far as to show him Rorschach blots; the verdict was complete sanity) and frequently compared to Pink Floyd's Syd Barret (pre-permanent acid trip), by the end the crowd assembled was ready to call him a lyrical genius, albeit a cryptic...
...Without a doubt, though, hats go off to the two performers who save the show. The first, surprisingly, is Sir Evelyn Oakleigh. Played by Rodrigo Chazaro '99, Evelyn is the stuffy Englishman whose heart is turned by Reno Sweeny, the nightclub queen herself. And Chazaro plays his character like no other--his cutesy navet, his unfailingly proper demeanor, even his specific vocal inflections are flawless. The second, and even more outstanding, is Reno Sweeny herself, played by Vered Metson '01. Metson's performance is utterly captivating--in this sense, she literally saves the show. Imperfections in other portions...
...Hitchcock is anything but traditional, as his show at the Paradise would prove. It opened with a set by the soft-spoken British act Departure Lounge. Though the dark venue at first seemed to swallow the seated four-piece, they soon set an intimate mood with their introspective lyrics and friendly conversations between songs. The singer remarked after one ballad that "someone once told me that was the best song ever written about telephone break-ups." "Didn't you write that song about a long distance relationship?" asked the drummer. "Yeah, but I took it as a compliment anyway," came...
...journey comprises stories of rape and incest, murder and solicitation, placed in a mythical context of forests and magic. A "man in the forest laughing with little pointed teeth" violates her, yet gives her a Faberge egg. This egg becomes the metaphor for Ilana's life and spirituality, though the connection remains weak due to Budnitz's style problems. She writes, "I did not tell her about the egg. I should have flung it away when I ran, but I had been too frightened to think. So I kept it in my pocket, told no one; it was my first...