Word: impromptue
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...present, political and personal--is matched only by listening to him read his poetry that so wonderfully orchestrates these various forces. At every appearance Heaney read some portion of his work, be it excerpts from or complete versions of poems, portions of his translation of Beowulf or an impromptu reading of probably his most famous poem, "Digging," meeting with thunderous applause. Perhaps Irish consul general Conor O'Riordan said it best when he said, "Seamus Heaney has spoken eloquently about a time in the future when poetry and history, rhyme and peace becomes a reality...
Despite encouraging cheers from the crowd, and impromptu lessons from several members of the Crimson squad, none of the contestants walked away with the prize...
...think having the impromptu drumming was very cool and something that hasn't been done in the past," Kane said...
...honor of all those students that[Mandela] made that impromptu gesture of shakinghands," Counter said, referring to Mandela'sdecision to shake the hand of every student singerwho performed at the ceremony...
...horror classic, using the original script updated with color camera work and hip young actors. But according to Van Sant, the master of suspense himself--or at least his spirit--seems to favor the project. "We had some ghostly messages before we started," Van Sant says, describing an impromptu seance with Hitchcock at a Los Angeles restaurant. "We just happened to be with a medium who channeled him at the wrong, or the right, time." And the dead auteur's response? "As I remember, the messages were very...giddy...