Word: woo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...earliest tenor and bass airs in Part I of Handel's Messiah. These passages, like nearly all of the piece, were executed masterfully. Saffer in particular seemed the very bird described by her lines, "Sweet bird,.../ Most musical, most melancholy,/ Thee, chantress of the woods among,/ I woo to hear thy even song." Saffer's song floated through incredible trills and arpeggios which spanned several octaves without the slightest hint of effort. The choir, though little utilized in Handel's score, contributed a flawless, rich background for the soloists in music which also reminded one strongly of certain choruses...
...this cable-TV-deprived campus, chances are that you have not seen senior Irene S. Ng '97 on her hit Nickelodeon show "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo." But this week, as you're passing through the Square, you might just get a glimpse of her on the cover of TV Guide...
...woo the stylish Newbury set, Klein has integrated baked goods, "panini" sandwiches and espresso drinks into the traditional Herrell's menu of ice cream and frozen yogurt...
...pack. Moving into the realm of solo performers, he took his audacious persona to another level with flashy, self-designed fashions and outlandish videos. On his solo debut, however, the originality and energy of the image never seemed to match that of his music (except with the hit "Woo-Ha"). Although a creative lyricist, Busta delivered his fractured stream of consciousness flow in both a smooth sing-song and sonic growl with an energy that very few rappers can match. But none of this could disguise the fact that the music was weak and uninspired. On his second solo effort...
...movie stars are both fawned over and loathed by their employers, and why they are paid so very, very much. But what if modern special-effects technicians, many of whom tend to be young men with few material needs beyond limitless supplies of caffeine and tapes of old John Woo movies, could be paid much, much less to create actors who would give infinitely malleable performances while never demanding gross points or throwing hissies? Or take it a step further: What if Marilyn Monroe, say, could be digitally returned from the dead--and without the neuroses? Is this ghoulish? Something...