Word: stringing
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...yanks the listener’s frame of reference in the direction of woozy jazz, only to divert him again with “That Sounds like a Pony,” a song with John McCrea-like monotone speech-song and the added curiosity of movie-soundtrack strings. “Morning After Midnight” bears a momentary (and awkwardly satisfying) resemblance to David Hasselhoff’s experiments in recording. All this happens in less than ten minutes. The seventh track, “You Get So Lucky,” is a bluesy cowboy song that...
...With Dawson and others—like Bengals second-string quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05—paving the way for Harvard football players in the NFL, the future of Ivy League players making it into the pro game looks good. Right now there is at least one representative from each of the Ancient Eight teams in the league...
...dance and music performance held in the Fogg Courtyard was incorporated to give modern day viewers a taste of this 18th-century European extravagance. Dancers Camilla Finlay and Ken Pierce, fully dressed in period costume including makeup and wigs, danced to live music performed by a trio of string players. Dances included popular choreographed pieces from the court of Louis XIV, such as “L’aimable vainqueur,” as well as a minuet, a dance which was unique because it was not choreographed to a specific song and could be danced unrehearsed with...
...that seemed more aimed against the fans than his opponent, Princeton freshman Alex Faust.When Omodele-Lucien was broken at 3-3 in the first set, he heard a hail of cheering for his opponent, so when he broke right back to equalize the set 4-4 after a protracted string of deuces, he formed his own impromptu cheering section, pumped his fists, and looked coldly at the crowd. After winning the next two games to take the first set, Omodele-Lucien made a gesture to the crowd indicating, “cut the music.” Omodele-Lucien...
...depart Italy, remarks wistfully, “I’ve never belonged to any place that way.” But, Kaushik reminds us, “In the end, that was life: a few plates, a favorite comb, a pair of slippers, a child’s string of beads.” —Staff writer Alison S. Cohn can be reached at acohn@fas.harvard.edu...