Word: transcended
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...instances of Jamar's poetry in motion that have me feeling ultra transcend these conventional schemes, where you can notice he actual format and where he breaks it up, as in "Straight OuttaNow Rule": "A lot of y'all n*ggas is 85th/ on someshady sh*t/ bark is much worse than your bite likea baby pit/ in the pitch dark of the night youafraid to get exposed/like the sunlight which rosein the morning/ froze in a gunfight." OK, Mr.Superthug forever-strapped Jamar can ease up offthe hardness; but van-damn, he can rhyme...
...Minot expertly balances the intertwined threads of her novel, moving the story along in a verbal tapestry that plays with the potential of language without insisting that we read a deeper meaning in her word play. Perhaps its elements have been done before, but Evening is still able to transcend the bounds of its cliched parts to create a lovely and eye-opening whole...
...tightrope between cucumber, tuna and subtly tangy spicy sauce. Cafe Japonaise has a chef who has turned sushi-making into a science and one can understand why he wants his clientele to get as much out of it as possible. It is obviously a sushi restaurant that wishes to transcend the fluorescent-lit clatter and bustle of its Boston counterparts...
...frogs, next month launches her own scent, Moi, a perfume that smells as sweet as honey-baked ham. Asked why anyone would want to wear something that smells good to a pig, Miss Piggy, or, more precisely, the people who speak for her, insist that "elegance and sex appeal transcend species...
Maynard was one of the creative editors of the '80s and '90s who reinvented and revitalized newsmagazines, once considered news-rehashing dinosaurs. Although he had the hard-news instincts of a foreign correspondent, he developed a fingertip feel for the kind of cultural, social, family and health trends that transcend last week's headlines and become next week's dinner-table conversations. His competitive instincts caused him, like the rest of us, to make an occasional mistake, but his legendary intensity made him not merely a survivor but a person who prevailed in the struggle to keep journalism smart...