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Keen: An expression denoting expertise, experience, talent (e.g., He’s a keen mathematician...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Australian Slang from A to Zed | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

Perhaps her biggest fan of all, however, is Levin himself. “It was immediately obvious that she is a young woman of enormous talent and great intelligence and street smart and enormous flair. Sometime you have to try to get people out of their cocoon, but Berenika is a born communicator...

Author: By Cornelia L. Griggs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Balancing Act | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...foulmouthed, alcoholic and, from time to time, incontinent. He's not just a bad Santa, he's the anti-Santy. Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) has only one talent, which is for cracking safes, and one M.O., which is taking an annual job as a department-store Kris Kringle, using that cover to case the joint and lifting all the seasonal cash from its strongbox on Christmas Eve. In this he is abetted by Marcus (Tony Cox), who plays Willie's helpful elf by day and then worms his way through tight spaces to disarm security systems by night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cruel Yule | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...first performed publicly at ages 5 and 6 with three older siblings. But the pair eventually broke off to form one of the most popular country-music acts of the '50s and '60s, recording hits like Roll Muddy River and Trouble's Back in Town. Later they became savvy talent managers, sparking the careers of Loretta Lynn and Patty Loveless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Dec. 8, 2003 | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...Players are an institution, and audiences who see one of their shows should prepare for a theatrical experience unlike most at Harvard. As with any G&S show, there are unevenesses, and the stage talent quickly and clearly stratifies: Alu, Meng, Jackson, Coleman and particularly Pierce have voices and stage presences of a cut manifestly above the remainder of the ensemble. Given the diversity of singers’ theatrical backgrounds, this is only to be expected; what made Saturday’s performance surprising, however, was how well the entire cast held its own. The choruses are professional...

Author: By Patrick D. Blanchfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Review: G&S Mounts Engaging ‘Gondoliers’ | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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