Word: woodenly
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...KYOTO: Butokuden Budo Centre and Butokuden Gymnasium When not echoing with the grunts and shouts of judo and kendo competitors, this grand 100-year-old wooden pavilion hosts classes in shodokan aikido. They are taught by the formidable Nariyama Shihan; tel: (81-6) 6622 2046. Enrolment fee is $55, plus monthly dues...
...bracelets didn’t stop underage drinkers from obtaining alcohol at any of dozens of student group booths, and despite the Council taxation, HoCos still found ways to be creative: Lowell House poured sand and set up a beach, and Mather House built a wooden U-Haul...
...motion-capture animation, which turns real actors into the virtual variety, is less likable. They are as wooden as Snow White's prince. And just because it is now possible to count every hair on their heads doesn't mean we want to. But look, it's not art. It's a head trip. You could argue, in fact, that the IMAX Polar Express returns movies to their most primitive beginnings, when the simple act of realistically capturing motion on a screen--narrative subtlety be damned--was sufficient to thrill, enchant and totally involve an audience. By that crude standard...
...guards, and point guard Chris Thomas needs little help to get open. Junior guard Michael Beal will have the unenviable job of containing Thomas, who turned down the NBA after his sophomore season and averaged 19.7 points last season. Both he and Francis are preseason candidates for the Wooden Award, given annually to the nation’s top college basketball player...
...well as many others, are optimistic that the dialogue taking place under the crystal chandeliers of the Faculty Room and behind the ornate wooden doors of the Barker Center will help usher in a new generation of tenured women faculty...