Word: daringness
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Manson is not, of course, the first to wring fame out of ghoulish theater. Pioneer shock rockers Alice Cooper and Kiss made millions daring audiences to share the humor behind their fright masks. But Manson's act is shorn of all humor. What's left is lurid spectacle that conveys...
In truth, the backcourt was aided by Brown's decision to come out with a zone defense, in effect daring Harvard to pass-and-shoot. But the Crimson was able to shoot from the outside and the Bears learned that playing a zone meant that a six-foot guard would...
La Mort d'Orphee, though composed in the same year as the Waverly, has a distinctly different tone. Berlioz wrote it for the Prix de Rome, the most prestigious composers' competition in Paris, but the judges deemed it too daring. This work tells the tale of Orpheus' death in three...
After intermission, the final work, Te Deum, brought the audience to its feet with thunderous applause. This piece utilized a tenor, a full choir and a children's chorus. Its seven movements are taken from a liturgical text; Berlioz composed this piece soon after his father's death, which may...
GROZNY, Russia: The new president of Chechnya is a military man and separatist war hero--and also a political pragmatist who may be the republic's only chance at winning independence. Aslan Maskhadov, 45, has 63 percent of the vote with about 90 percent counted; official results are expected today...