Word: understatedness
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Some might have expected a more polemical outing from Pearl Jam given the current political climate. The intention of Riot Act is more understated. Vedder, who has created so many empathetic alter-egos in songs like “Daughter” and “Jeremy” is...
That the Bond Girl rising from the sea is the reigning Oscar queen says plenty about the staying power of the understated British spy whom Ian Fleming created 50 years ago. Though Fleming's 14th and last Bond book was published 36 years ago--two years after his death--his...
After the play, which resulted in poor field position for the Lions, the usually understated Harvard PA announcer, Chad Dale, offered a little color to his usual call—“Dan Reed by Jeffrey Reiman. Ouch.”
He’s far from gangsta infamy—but to tens of thousands, Slug is already a hero. It’s perhaps indicative of the current hip-hop climate that so many youths have latched onto his brand of reflective lyricism. While most mainstream and independent emcees...
DIED. ELLIS LARKINS, 79, classical prodigy turned jazz pianist whose elegant, understated style made him one of the most coveted accompanists in jazz; of pneumonia; in Baltimore. Famous for his collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald, he also played with Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan and Frank Sinatra.