Word: impromptue
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Keefe was in D.C. as a counselor at a summer camp for inner-city kids run by Opus Dei members. His days were filled with sweaty games of basketball, street hockey and volleyball. In the hours left over, he organized an impromptu choir for the kids. At night, Keefe spent hours reading the work of Josemaria Escriva, then not yet a canonized saint...
...capital, Erbil, thousands of people celebrated all over the city. Under the city's ancient citadel men danced to Kurdish pop music accompanying an impromptu parade of taxis, buses with a dozen boys on top, and shiny Toyota Land Cruisers with government officials inside. One car carried a soldier recording the scene with a handheld video camera. Soran Suleyman, an 18-year-old high school student, carried a sign that read "Bye Bye Saddam." "It is a historic day," he said, though he admitted he had few memories of the time Hussein controlled Kurdistan. "Today is the day Kurdistan...
...illustrate his point, Pinsky gave an impromptu recitation of Ben Jonson’s “His Excuse for Loving...
After nearly 30 years in complete control, Johnny Carson finally lost it. In his second-to-last show, Carson simply shrugged off a raunchy Robin Williams joke ("What are they gonna do--can me?"). Then final guest Bette Midler coaxed the king of late night into an impromptu duet and closed with a velvet cover of One More for My Baby that had Carson--memorably--in tears...
Almost immediately after the two split, Mitchell met Barzee at a church function and moved in with her and her three children. In this third family circle, Mitchell's behavior grew increasingly bizarre. He spoke often of visitations by angels and cornered his stepchildren with impromptu sermons. Last week in a series of television interviews, Barzee's daughter Louree Gaylor alleged that Mitchell was "always hugging me the wrong way." Once Gaylor moved out, the couple claimed to have received a divine direction to sell off all their belongings. At one point, Mitchell and Barzee were both excommunicated...