Word: whirlwind
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...vocal performer, Hart has never sounded more immediate and direct.On the album’s title track, and closing song, majestic piano chords ascend over a din of jangling guitars and trumpet bleats, providing a fitting segue into the eerie coda of this whirlwind record. It proves a satisfying conclusion to this chapter in William Cullen Hart’s life and Circulatory System’s existence. But even without the album’s context—the fans’ long wait, the band’s logistical struggles, and Hart’s unfortunate illness?...
Barbie turned 50 this year, and she's been celebrating her birthday with a whirlwind world tour, christening a new store in Shanghai and strutting the runways of New York's Fashion Week. As curvaceous and sprightly as ever, the petite doll even paid a visit to the nation's capital for a recent weeklong convention, and the reception there proved that much of the world still has a love affair with the leggy blonde. (See TIME's photos: "Barbie Turns...
...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's four-day visit to India was a whirlwind expedition packed with meetings with the country's top leadership and a range of industry and civil-society representatives as well as sundry public addresses. The message Clinton sought to deliver was clear: the Obama Administration wants to carry forward the momentum in bilateral relations gathered during the George W. Bush years, especially pertaining to nuclear and defense cooperation, but also on issues ranging from education and agriculture to health and women's rights. She also indicated the Administration's intention of supporting India...
...tested when the priest is stalked and seduced by an unstable woman who soon deserts him, leaving this gracious man severe and doctrinaire. How can Yu reconnect with his father? By committing outrageous sins and confessing them to him. This is the first 15 minutes of a four-hour whirlwind epic of faith, family, cults, cross-dressing, upskirt photography and violent femmes, told with confidence and intensity, and based not on a manga but on the life of a friend of director Sono (The Suicide Club). Unmissable - except it has no U.S. distributor. The DVD will be released later this...
...American soil in 1959, he embarked on an important journey, one that has been called a “turning point” and a “test.” During his 11 days, Castro answered many questions but many issues were still left gapingly ambiguous. The whirlwind tour had a lasting impact on Cuban-American relations, which quickly turned sour as the Cold War unfurled. Although Castro may not have directly addressed Cuban-Harvard relations, today, it is this partnership that has become the more cooperative and fruitful one. With the recent change in the heads...