Word: unaffectedness
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Towards the beginning of Chekhov's The Seagull, the young idealist Konstantin stages a play he has written for a critical group of houseguests. The monologue consists largely of pretentious, melodramatic schlock; the audience reserves its praise for Nina, Konstantin's bright-eyed and innocent sweetheart, who does all the...
As with Konstantin's play, there's nothing wrong with the idea. In fact, it's fresh and unaffected, to coin a phrase. Alison Carey's analogy of a vineyard in Napa for a rural estate outside Moscow, and of Hollywood glitterati for Tsarist Russia's belle lettristes gives the...
The more nitty gritty "Hoochie Koochie Man," featured visceral and unaffected blues riffs that got Diddley into a veritable leg-wiggling frenzy, while the a-harp player blew distorted chops that complemented the raunchy tune.
I am concerned, after reading your recent article on the Undergraduate Council's financial difficulties (December 1). While you did quote Rob Hyman on page 7 that grants would be unaffected, some groups might still worry that grant allocations would be cut to cover other expenses. That will not happen...
The vast majority of the concentrations will be unaffected by the error, though a few will be unable to reschedule, Weinberg said.