| 单词 | oddity |
| 例句 | Another oddity was my discovery, one afternoon, of a large copper pot bubbling on the back burner of the stove, a peculiar smell emanating from it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It is a bit of a chemical oddity in that at ground level it is a pollutant, while way up in the stratosphere it is beneficial, since it soaks up dangerous ultraviolet radiation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “He must be an oddity, I think,” said she. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He, too, noticed the oddity that there was no exit wound in the front of Anna’s skull, which meant that the bullet had lodged inside her head. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid had written about a boy whose oddity it was to stick pencil stubs in his ears. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My sensibilities became sharpened to the point where I began paying singular attention to little oddities that previously I had dismissed without thought, now thinking that they were manifestations of witchcraft. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lowell Observatory, as you will recall, was a bit of an oddity thanks to Percival Lowell’s obsession with Martian canals, which in the 1910s made it, in every sense, an outpost of astronomical endeavor. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was a piece of history as well as an oddity. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I had no idea that a fifteen-year-old virgin would be such an oddity. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And if I go public, instantly I'm a scientific oddity, front-page news. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The Farewell Address, as several commentators have noted, was an oddity in that it was not really an address; it was never delivered as a speech. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Then, on what had already been a day of oddities and alarms, she noticed something else strange. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He found his new wife beautiful, the only oddity about her being that she always wore a delicate flower on her forehead. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “It’s one of the oddities of this world.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Indeed, he at once began to carry on Bilbo’s reputation for oddity. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I bang into the room before the oddity of the situation dawns on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Unexplained oddities are on the right side of the U. Please follow me.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “The house does have its little oddities,” he continued, holding the door so that they might pass through into the dark room beyond. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z There is another oddity about the suspicious answer string. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z For hours we would laugh, point, whisper, joke, and identify our neighbors by the signs of their physiological oddities, commenting upon the difficulty or projectile force of their excretions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Really?” the New Haven woman said, squeezing her paper cup in her hand, as though she thought it a great oddity, that a person at this gathering would like Nollywood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Countless similar oddities result from our conventional ways of measuring, reporting, and com paring periodic quantities, whether they be the monthly cash flow of a government or the regular daily fluctuations in body temperature. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In such a scheme, William was an oddity—a man who already did desk work but found it too stressful. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Bullies, drawn by his oddity and hoping to goad him into uttering Italian curses, pelted him with rocks, taunted him, punched him, and kicked him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The English are not far ahead of rich and influential Americans when it comes to seeking rarities and oddities. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the great oddity of his career. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He shook his head at the oddity of this request. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Let’s examine a preliminary and relevant probability oddity, whose discovery is due to statistician Bradley Efron. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of their fear, they reacted to an oppressive oddity, or what they called evil days, with an acceptance that bordered on welcome. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Because of its oddities, many physicists disliked quantum theory, or at least certain aspects of it, and none more so than Einstein. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Some of these ‘oddities’ might be peculiar,” said Millard, “in which case they might know something about Miss Wren. I say it’s worth the price of admission.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They seemed unnatural—oddities in the desert towns where we’d lived. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Tis but the way we all are named; for some oddity we have, or for where we live, or for what we do. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “Even among the Divergent, you are somewhat of an oddity, because you have aptitude for three factions. Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They weaved through so many more oddities than what could be spotted from the road. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Her appearance always acted as a damper to the curiosity raised by her oral oddities: hard-featured and staid, she had no point to which interest could attach. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Maybe Osh was right: Even if I proved I wasn’t from Penikese, the other islanders might still treat me like I was a frightening oddity—for any number of reasons. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It was strange to think of this woman as an assassin, but seeing her now, all of her oddities and faults made sense. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And the faint light emanating from their pursuers made the oddity up ahead all the more apparent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Pascal’s explanation is a mechanical explanation, and its oddity is that it extends the scope of mechanical explanations from the artificial world of levers and pulleys to the natural world of gases and liquids. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The children’s eyes widened, but the Helpers seemed unaware of the oddity of their response. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But so far trouble had not come; and as Mr. Baggins was generous with his money, most people were willing to forgive him his oddities and his good fortune. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There are vendors traversing the crowd around you, selling refreshments and oddities, creations flavored with vanilla and honey, chocolate and cinnamon. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The true oddity of this situation is that the genealogy is probably right, the genetic genealogy is probably not, and neither say anything about me. Elizabeth Warren’s pointless DNA test: Why genetic heritage is irrelevant to identity and politics 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Sports are represented in the form of tiny windsurfers and badminton shuttlecocks, and he has acquired some oddities, like helicopters, pencil stubs, abacuses and matchbooks. When Form Meets Function: Cuff Links Throughout the Centuries 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z We never meet a woman by that name, but that’s the least of the oddities in this ponderous puzzle, set in 2040. Review: In ‘Judy,’ Societal Regression, Circa 2040 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Other behavioural oddities were less preventable: as well as “sold out”, “reserved seating” was apparently a difficult concept to grasp. Puke, pasties and poo: the secret, stinky world of cinema ushers 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z This oddity is the result of a decision by the ruling generals who wanted to eliminate colonial symbols by banning British-style driving. The best way to see thousands of temples in central Burma: Hot-air balloon 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Violence, deadpan humor and observational oddity mix on this show in a way that no other current series quite matches — not “Bates Motel,” not “Salem,” not even that other FX curiosity, “American Horror Story.” Review: ‘Fargo’ Returns With a Triple Murder at a Waffle Hut 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z BBC2 Imagine a list cataloguing every single form of ocean life, from angelfish to zooplankton, and every bug-eyed oddity in between. Spooks 2010-10-04T05:45:00Z One of those oddities is “Shanty Tramp,” the producer K. Gordon Murray’s sleazy exploitation flick that Mr. Refn called “the ultimate political film.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger’ and ‘The Four: Battle for Stardom’ 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Cummings also has oddities like more than 90 sugar kettles up to 9 ½ feet wide and dozens of rusted metal crosses that will be posted outdoors like grave markers. Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z It helps that tricky looks like long johns, and even onesies, are only the latest in a long string of fashion oddities that challenge convention and invite stares, making early-adopting adults look like adorable babies. Front Row: How Cold Is It? Enough to Make Long Johns Stylish 2011-01-12T20:10:43Z This is volume eight of the elegantly packaged Smithsonian Music of Central Asia series, and it's something of an oddity. Kronos Quartet with Alim and Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi: Rainbow 2010-04-08T22:35:00Z It all pops up alongside paintings of rainbows and dogs and beach scenes and assorted oddities — dancing pieces of cheese, fishing fish. Artists and non-artists collaborate on Rogers Park project 2011-07-01T17:08:00Z She was a big part of the reason the Irish Rep production of “Finian’s Rainbow,” another Golden Age oddity, albeit one with an obvious Irish connection, was so delightful. Review: ‘On a Clear Day,’ Eternally Odd, Gets Yet Another Life 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z A true oddity, it's actually a movie almost better served as something you find on your own. 'Lights' and 'Shadows': Movies Oscar forgot but you will remember 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z His spirit lives on in our enduringly crazy world as Gerken and colleagues deck out the Castlefield with art oddments and oddities. This week's new exhibitions 2011-02-19T00:05:56Z The oddities of this engrossing 1788 sonata are masked by its deceptively jolly surface. Music Review: Jeremy Denk Performs in Peoples’ Symphony Series 2014-04-13T19:23:23Z I knew of him before I knew him, because he was an oddity. Suede: 'They're ordinary, that makes them glam' – a classic interview 2013-02-20T13:28:56Z "Noble titles are more of an oddity now - there's perhaps a fascination, but it's a curiosity rather than something people look up to anymore." In UK, aristocrats still face 'Downton' dilemma 2013-04-12T14:27:08Z But the peculiar oddity of “A Man’s a Man” is that it’s hard to lament the disappearance of Galy Gay, because there was never anything much there to disappear. Theater Review: ‘A Man’s a Man,’ a Brecht Rarity, is Revived 2014-01-31T03:00:17Z Somewhere between “The Collision” and “The Martyrdom” is a holy middle ground of oddity and structure, chaos and order, that would make even a Saxon nun from the 10th century say, “Amen.” ‘The Collision’ and ‘The Martyrdom’ Review: A Nun Ahead of Her Time 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Its innovations and quirks have been too widely emulated, its oddities long since absorbed. The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at 50: Still Full of Joy and Whimsy 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z What it would have been to see what he would have done with it, and where he would have gone after the oddity of "The Passenger" duo. Cormac McCarthy – the greatest Western writer ever – didn't actually write Westerns 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Certainly that, and also I think it robs people of idiosyncrasies and oddities. Book Talk: Frazier returns to home state for third novel 2011-11-24T11:46:32Z Those in the middle are more conventionally structured — and brilliantly executed, proving that Ms. Kleeman is adept at more than oddity. Books by Melanie Finn, Alexandra Kleeman, Robert Seethaler and Margot Livesey 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z It’s a creepy and beguiling oddity, willfully weird but, at the same time, not quite weird enough. Review: Arturo Ripstein’s ‘Bleak Street,’ the Story of a Mexican Murder Case 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z In other words, they publish oddities, rarities and curiosities. Nostalgia by Jonathan Buckley – review 2013-03-15T18:34:01Z The scientific beginnings, the oddity, the shame, the isolation, the compassion for and insight into patients far more unusual and isolated — it was all there in the memoirs. A Biography of Oliver Sacks, Written by His Boswell 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The oddity of using a garment linked to mercenaries to convey a very different message seemed to elude Maya. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z His use of his signature arsenal of stylistic oddities has seldom been more enthralling. Theater Review | 'A Behanding in Spokane': Packing Heat, and a Grudge 2010-03-05T04:55:00Z He has written incisively for decades on the excitements, oddities and disasters of financial markets. What’s the alternative? 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z It'll be fun to see what oddities he pulls out of his record bin, or hard drive as the case may be. Columbia City Theater grand re-opening 06/25/10: Cloud Nice, Mash Hall, DJ Suspence 2010-06-09T23:40:00Z Instead of standard Christmas gifts, a growing number of people are looking under the tree for giant stuffed cold germs, cuddly E. coli, hugworthy heartworm and other oddities from Oliver's Stamford-based company, Giant Microbes. Conn. company's stuffed germ toys catching on 2010-12-18T16:09:14Z The narrative of Asian Americans excelling in anything other than the expected sports – figure skating, martial arts, gymnastics, table tennis, etc. – is still framed as an oddity. Shooting hoops and K-dramas: The American dream of not being relegated to a subplot 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Do you think this is a sign of change in America or just an oddity of timing? Sierra Teller Ornelas on the Roots of ‘Rutherford Falls’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z An exotic oddity with a round cast-iron and concrete facade, sculptural perforations and open floors, El Blok is so unusual I could hardly find the front door. The Many Faces of Puerto Rico 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z It was a world of oddities, of leftovers, of communities that had been isolated, people that had gone there for God knows what reason. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z One oddity: No black women made it to the semifinal round this year, much less to the final group announced on Thursday, a fact that bothered a few viewers commenting on Twitter. ArtsBeat: Straight Shots on 'Idol,' at Last, Courtesy of Jimmy Iovine 2012-03-02T05:52:39Z Fortunately nobody in the company cared about the oddities of my private life. My dinner with Alger Hiss 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Jon Pertwee's first outing as the Doctor – and the first time his adventures were shown in colour – is something of an oddity in the show's long run. Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space: this week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z Morris, clog and sword dancers add to the atmosphere of historic revelry with local musicians on hand, while storytellers bring some context to the oddity. This week's new events 2013-01-12T06:00:21Z On Saturday Mr. Osborne spoke informally and charmingly about the Beethoven, a work from the composer’s late period and thus filled with oddities and improvisatory qualities. Review: Steven Osborne Is Joined by 2 Collaborators at Kaplan Penthouse 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z Where the artists meet, aside from oddity of style, is in a kind of animism. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z But the veneer of patient, disinterested inquiry cannot disguise Cézanne’s diabolical oddity. Review | Want to go deep inside a great artist’s mind? MoMA’s Cézanne exhibition is the one to see this summer. 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z The festival also has oddities, including the May 30 screening of the pilot episode of "End of the Rainbow," a 1957-58 NBC live series that honored citizens around the country for their good deeds. Early-TV oddities, innovations to screen as part of UCLA archive's anniversary 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z The heightened style, as ever, brings its own oddities. Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis – review 2012-06-08T21:55:05Z For movie fans that means we get such oddities as the long-haired ghosts of Japan's Ringu, the unusual Swedish vampires of Let The Right One In and the colossal Norwegian monsters of Troll Hunter. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-08-19T23:08:01Z There are also – as per the previous show – lushly shot film sequences that deal less in humour than plangent oddity. Tim Key ? review 2011-08-14T17:30:02Z One virtue of Mr. Carroll’s theory is that it captures the paradoxical nature of horror’s allure: the very oddity that makes monsters repulsive is precisely what makes them attractive. Gray Matter: The Critique of Pure Horror 2011-07-17T04:49:00Z This thing without feathers is a surprise and an oddity, to be sure. Third visit still a charm for 'Body Worlds' 2011-03-18T17:38:00Z And he laughs a lot – at the oddities of life, the people who stood in his way, those who helped, his endless good luck, the wonder of it all. Michael Eavis interview: 'We've got the perfect loos for Glastonbury' 2013-06-21T13:01:17Z Having a statue to Michael Jackson proves we still provide others with the belief we're a bit of an oddity in the Premier Division. Al Fayed defends Jackson statue? 2011-04-03T17:28:36Z There are a dozen engines and nearly a dozen cars, as well as semi-related oddities, including a horse-drawn car and a San Francisco cable car. In Southern California, ride the rails on a kid-friendly scale 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z No detail of a painting determines any other; you absorb each, oddity by oddity, fitting them into the whole, and into the experience of really looking. What to See in New York City Art Galleries This Week 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z It’s one of the oddities of the tasting-menu format: The more elaborate the plate, the less you hear about it. A Korean Tasting Menu With Verve and Polish, at Jua 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Brick has more hiccups and oddities than one might expect for a hotel of its kind and price, but as the most stylish hotel in increasingly style-conscious Colonia Roma, its faults are forgivable. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Brick in Mexico City 2012-06-22T15:20:00Z On top of that, there’s the usual fall cornucopia of rides, games, harvest displays, animal events, art exhibitions and oddities of all types. Weekend preview: 5 fun, fall-flavored events 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z An ungainly yet strangely captivating oddity, “London Road” snags your attention from the get-go in the manner of any razor-edge experiment: By making you wonder, what on earth? Review: 5 Murdered Prostitutes and an Anxious City in ‘London Road’ 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z But it seems to come at the expense of really digging into the genuine oddity of Cage's character. A new John Cage biography: plenty on the music, less revealing of the man 2010-12-02T00:58:00Z So he has lolled for a few months enjoying what may be the twilight of his mostly anonymous life, trying to separate himself from stardom and all the oddities it entails. Movie Star Dane DeHaan: He Broods. He Pouts. He ... Golfs? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Irsay’s willingness to embrace his foibles make him something of an oddity in one of the country’s most exclusive clubs. N.F.L. Owner by Day, Rock ’n’ Roller by Night 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The reality star has become huge, because of the oddity of it, I guess. Cyndi Lauper Talks Memoirs, Music—And Seders with Springsteen 2012-09-12T12:00:32Z One heavily tattooed woman from Tyler, Texas, says she'll put her books in a booth she operates in Dallas selling oddities along with tattooed furniture and skateboard decks. Writer Larry McMurtry auctions most of 450,000-book collection 2012-08-11T16:13:09Z In many ways he played his hand well, highlighting apparently indefensible cases of £100,000 housing benefit bills and the oddity of subsidising spare bedrooms in stricken times. George Osborne: paying the price of failure 2013-04-02T20:46:29Z Movies tend to be a little wary of deploying this kind of alpha-face-off in case it looks like a novelty, or oddity, that might subtly undermine each participant's uniqueness. Batman v Superman: who would be the best superhero? 2013-07-21T14:06:09Z There are two instrumentals, back catalogue obscurities, experimental oddities and polemics in Portuguese. Readers recommends songs about South America: The results 2010-06-24T22:00:00Z The oddity of the play is that he is more believable than she is, at least in this premiere production. Scalia and the intern, punching from right and left in ‘The Originalist’ 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Anyone who’s ever seen a Kaufman film will recognize the territory: a loose representation of “reality” that ripples with psychedelic oddities. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z The group also had a taste for sideshow oddities in the style of Coney Island entertainments. Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z But lest you take comfort in the oddity of human nature — “oh what cute goofs we can be with our whims” and so forth — know this: the success of the PSL is no accident. 16 Drinks That Would Be Better Than a Pumpkin Spice Latte 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z It’s the day after the screening and what was initially seen as a lurid oddity has become the festival’s most discussed and enthusiastically cheered film. Paul Verhoeven on Elle: 'It is not a rape comedy' 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z One critic characterizes her as having a “unique oddity” and being naturally “akimbo” in her comedic roles. ‘Maggie Smith’ review: The person behind the ‘Downton Abbey’ star 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z This is a festival that disguises its ambition in the matter-of-fact modesty of its title and presents winter-weary New York audiences with a grab bag full of oddities and treasures. Critic’s Notebook: Film Comment Selects Festival Offers 22 Intriguing Picks 2014-02-13T22:30:25Z And Mr. Hendricks, a celebrated portraitist, is not well served by a small oddity of a landscape. Art Review | '185th Annual': Academy Gives Art Some Wiggle Room 2010-02-19T05:57:00Z The other two, Noam Chomsky and the British journalist Fred Halliday, seem quite out of place here, yet another oddity in this volume. How the Great Leftist Thinkers of the 20th Century Contended With Zionism 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z “Bachelor” pulls this energy off with the personnel alone, but it’s the odd complements between the rappers’ disparate styles that makes the track a standout on an album that already flaunts its oddity. Listening Booth: “Bachelor” by A$AP Rocky, Offset, Lil Yachty, and MadeinTYO (hehe) 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Tourists to the city, eager for New York oddity, got their money’s worth those two days. The Autobiography of Maira Kalman 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z "Oh Nimai …" Joya would expostulate with affection, as he held the floor with another great riff that combined oddity with minutiae. Nimai Chatterji obituary 2011-04-03T17:18:33Z “Niche festivals allow every oddity and every interest to come together,” Ms. Rosenthal said. Mockfest, Food Film Fest and Other Niche Programs 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z One of the oddities of the Sachsgate incident was that, though Brand himself has been the victim – or beneficiary – of incessant kiss-and-tell stories, he has seldom been their perpetrator. Brand designs 2010-04-06T07:00:00Z It gave him an eye for the oddities of military life. Clive Dunn obituary 2012-11-07T18:29:21Z “I felt confidence in my weirdness and my oddities and my insecurities.” Michael Luwoye: Once a theater outsider, now he's Alexander Hamilton — in L.A., and soon on Broadway 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan owns oddities like a pine elephant and an iron blacksmith working on horseshoes. Antiques: Meret Oppenheim’s Works at Martin-Gropius-Bau 2013-08-08T20:49:46Z What was missing in the show’s boring scenes was character and oddity. Here's Hoping the Next Looking Will Be Better 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z The idea of the lone, brooding artist, possibly depressed and drinking absinthe in a Parisian garret while wearing a black beret and chain-smoking is the oddity. Did Jeff really paint that Koons? Working at a modern studio isn’t exactly a Renaissance apprenticeship 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Coincidence, oddity, and accidents do have a heavy presence in our lives, and yet we deplore them when introduced in realist novels. Salon’s author questionnaire: 7 things you didn’t know about 5 writers 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z As if all this weren't enough, the reader is required to tussle with oddities of usage. The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Such oddities would be excellent for discussion in a reading group or a creative writing class, but I suspect that many readers will find several of these pieces too slippery for recreational purposes. Circus Bulgaria by Deyan Enev ? review 2010-10-15T23:15:00Z Today, Esperanto may seem like little more than a colorful historical oddity. For Sarah Bakewell, Nothing Human is Alien 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s an oddity, as one of the few cone-bearing trees that sheds its needles in winter. Take a fall drive to hunt for golden larches on forest roads above Blewett Pass 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z This is a book of delightful oddities, and don’t we all need more of those in our lives? The Great Outdoors: From Your Backyard to a Garden in Japan 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “Spirited” aims to charm musical theater skeptics by poking gentle fun at the genre’s oddities. Bursting Into Dance: Gentlemen, Assume the Superhero Stance! 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Little seen in cinemas, this quietly affecting oddity deserves to find a wider audience on DVD. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up: Clash of the Titans; Hierro; The Bounty Hunter 2010-07-26T23:05:00Z A series that looks at different oddities at selected American museums. TV Picks: Carol Burnett on 'Glee'; 'DWTS' picks a winner 2010-11-22T23:28:00Z Almost an oddity at first, with a printing of just 4,000 in 1980, “A People’s History of the United States” has sold nearly two million copies. 2010-01-29T05:49:00Z The current squabble over Quentin Tarantino’s remarks about police shootings stands out for its oddity — we usually see controversy involving a director only when Michael Moore has a new documentary to promote. Seijun Suzuki, a symbol of ‘Japanese Cool’ in Film, Is Reconsidered 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z There are also a few oddities — mostly technical books of one kind or another. How to purge 30 years of cookbooks? Start with the ones by chefs. 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z The MacDonald case has more than its fair share of oddities. The Fort Bragg murders: is Jeffrey MacDonald innocent? 2013-04-13T23:05:28Z For all the heartbreak and hopelessness in her images, Ms. Mark did not depict her subjects as oddities or specimens. Mary Ellen Mark, photographer of outcasts and hidden beauty, dies at 75 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Top actor in a musical did not go to the show’s star, Ben Platt; in the most glaring oddity of the nominating process, Platt was not even in the running. ‘Salome,’ ‘Avenue Q,’ ‘Yerma’ are major Hayes Award winners 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Without Hauer, Hobo would be an amusing low-budget oddity, but with him, it's prime cult material. Rutger Hauer on Hobo With A Shotgun 2011-07-08T23:07:07Z There are oddities as well, like restricting the ability of successor governments to modify long-term agreements entered into by their predecessors and setting minimum qualifications for officeholders. Dambisa Moyo’s Proposals for Saving Democracy 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z If so, in future decades, how will Grandma recall the many oddities of that weekend? Rock in Rio USA is a ball of confusion 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The festival’s second week is strewn with the usual, intriguing oddities. New York Film Festival: Determined Women and Uncertainty in the World 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z What begins as an ironic fringe interest, discovered while sifting through vinyl oddities, becomes something of an obsession for Young, and the film evolves into a quiet love letter to ephemeral art. Stream These 9 Shows and Movies Before They Leave Netflix in June 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z He was joshing in character but also indirectly acknowledging the oddity of the performance situation. Hotel Room Theater: Richard Maxwell's 'Showcase' at the Millennium Biltmore 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z But there’s no joy in this consummation, which is the film’s first oddity. | 'The One': ?The One,? a Coming-Out Film by Caytha Jentis ? Review 2011-10-06T23:16:31Z And as the name suggests, it's that side of the nation's cinema this inaugural festival celebrates, with a menu of cult/indie/exploitation film, animation, and outsider documentary and other oddities. This week's new film events 2010-11-20T00:06:00Z Surrounded by titled young ladies, Hall was something of a class oddity. Rebecca Hall’s Complicated Inheritance 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z There’s a dramatic oddity in the movie that points to the place in the industry that its stars uneasily occupy. “Ocean’s 8” Isn’t Up to the Talents of Its Female Stars 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Uniquely strange alien oddity that plays to Bowie's strengths. This week's new films 2012-06-15T23:05:17Z But he is still very much an oddity compared with most British directors: part academic, part artist and part documentary-maker, and arguably better known now as a justly acclaimed gallery-based installation artist. London and Radio On: watch the double bill 2012-11-30T15:02:03Z Rooney spent more than 30 years wryly talking about the oddities of life for "60 Minutes." Andy Rooney dead at 92 2011-11-05T11:25:00Z We ask, and seek for an earthquake, or at least a historical oddity or a series of highly specific causal events. Why Trump Is Different—and Must Be Repelled 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Jarvis Cocker – a fan of Steer's 2010 album, Change Is Good, Change Is Good – produces with a relish for her oddities that is infectious. Serafina Steer: The Moths Are Real – review 2013-01-10T22:15:01Z The album is cherished as a magnum opus and grand oddity: solitary yearning expressed by a platoon of musicians, derangement mapped with architectural thoroughness, diffidence on a monumental scale. Music Review: Spiritualized ?Floats in Space? at Radio City 2010-08-01T22:22:00Z There’s an oddity of spoken language that I first noticed around the beginning of the George W. Bush adminishtration, pronounced like that. Gene Weingarten: The shtruggle is real 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z “Electoral Dysfunction” lives up to its title, exploring problems of nationwide accessibility and fairness — voter ID gets a workout — as well as the dated oddities of the Electoral College. Movie Review: ‘Electoral Dysfunction,’ With Mo Rocca 2012-09-21T04:33:16Z “But I did feel like it would be fun to attack it in a new way — not to make it abstract again, but REAL. To be more in-your-face with the oddity of it.” At Kennedy Center, ‘Side Show’ takes another turn around the midway What I loved about the comics was their flamboyant oddity. Z is for zanies 2012-06-05T13:46:31Z He’s hoping to get in on the growing craft liquor movement, which, among other oddities, has brought bourbons made in Brooklyn, N.Y., and the resurgence of old-timey spirits such as aquavit and vermouth. Teeling Irish Whiskey's Pots O' Gold 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Other oddities, such as the stuffed ninja turtle or the deer head with a red light bulb muzzled to its snout, are introduced to viewers with half-baked explanations. Elvis fan creates 'Graceland Too' shrine in Mississippi home 2011-07-19T23:00:46Z “The observations of the photographers are noted as oddities in personality, situation, incident, movement, and the vagaries of chance,” Jacob Deschin wrote in a Times review. The Exhibit That Transformed Photography 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Some of this no doubt seems weird, annoying, but to me such oddities become jewels when gift-wrapped in the benefits of timeliness and dusted with a smug sense of personal tidy completion. Russell Kane's ordered life 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z Directed and choreographed by JoAnn M. Hunter, with music direction by Michael Patrick Walker, “Unmasked” is larded with earworm hits and the occasional oddity. ‘Unmasked’ Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber Reveals and Remembers 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The Gunn show also attracted folk-art miniature oddities, including a Manhattan tenement complete with a bathtub in the kitchen and works from innovative European and American factories. Antiques: Judaica From Tuck Collection in London to Be Auctioned 2012-11-15T21:51:19Z We’re not the first people to shed light on how crazy North Korea is, the myths that exist there and the oddities of the regime. James Franco and Seth Rogen Talk About ‘The Interview’ 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Both Ricciardi and Demos said they are not working on Avery’s behalf and decided to make the documentary because they were inspired by the oddity of his case. Making a Murderer: directors say juror told them Steven Avery was framed 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Yes, it was — and to connoisseurs of vintage showbiz oddities, it still fabulously is.
Top 10 DVD Box Sets of 2010
2010-12-24T14:10:00Z In Messages from Psyche the glory of butterflies and the oddity of caterpillars is lavishly displayed, but the often bizarre patterns they make in mimicking their surroundings and sometimes other creatures are explored too. Peter Forbes's top 10 books on colour 2011-03-16T17:49:51Z Yet these oddities, and more, were also part of Friday's show. Peter Buck, Sara Watkins add energy to surprising Decemberists' show in Seattle 2011-02-21T20:06:03Z This is a Terry Gilliam movie without the kinks, a Matrix without the narrative propulsion, a time-and-space oddity that remains frustratingly earthbound. Cloud Atlas: The Wachowskis Struggle in the Stratosphere 2012-10-25T12:00:33Z “Alone With You” is often canny in its creepiness, layering ominous oddities atop each other before the jump scares emerge. ‘Alone With You’ Review: An Anniversary for One 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z He shows me the oddities growing in the benches of his 900-square-foot greenhouse. These stunning plants all have one thing in common: A taste for blood 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z It's all mildly intriguing, but as the oddities proliferate – underground rabbis, fluid-filled "Moses Mouth" listening devices – so they begin to seem increasingly gratuitous. The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus - review 2012-06-07T07:00:02Z It first appears as the food he’s given, an oddity you might not initially notice. ‘Last Ward’ Review: Ashes to Ashes, Dirt to Dirt 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Although she deploys words with an entrancing oddity, Ms. Gibson clearly shares her characters’ anxiety about their seeming inadequacy. Theater Review: ‘What Rhymes With America’ at Linda Gross Theater 2012-12-13T03:00:12Z And yet, among 30 vendors, there is a great range of work here, from sophisticated haut-craft and modernist vessels to objects that will please the seeker of oddities. Lasting Beauty, Even in Shards 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Harmonic oddities are often hidden inside pieces of easy, approachable charm. A Friend of Beethoven, Now Rediscovered in His Own Right 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z They argue that unlike theatergoers during the last major recession here, 25 years ago, when musicals were still an oddity, the audience is by now well established. Broadway Musicals, Big Draw in Brazil for a Decade, Lose Their Audience 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Gnarled or elongated fingers, ungainly bodies, oddities of perspective and scale, heavy-handed outlines — these features made Neel’s work feel closer to van Gogh’s. Perspective | Alice Neel was the greatest American portraitist of the 20th century. Her work continues to astonish. 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z And Abel Tesfaye, the 25-year-old Canadian musician who performs under the name the Weeknd, was nominated seven times for “Beauty Behind the Madness,” the album that transformed him from Internet oddity to full-blown pop star. Grammy Awards: Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and the Weeknd Lead Nominations 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z With a posthumously released work, Iris, Maysles follows another staunch character, and one whose likable oddity buoys the film. Iris Is a Surprisingly Warm Look at a Top Fashionista 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z While cashing royalty checks from the record sales of latter-day rockers, Mr. Allison remained something of a musical oddity, appearing with acoustic jazz trios in small clubs into his 80s. Mose Allison, who sang the blues with whimsy and a twist of jazz, dies at 89 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z It was packed with oddities and surprises, most notably three sonatas by Dario Castello, a remarkably inventive but virtually unknown composer who flourished in Venice during the first half of the 17th century. ArtsBeat: Early Music Festival: Quicksilver at Night 2011-06-17T14:20:15Z The real oddity is that Mr. Bush was ever elected president in the first place. Review: In ‘Destiny and Power,’ George H.W. Bush Epitomizes a Vanishing G.O.P. 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z It's an incredible performance bursting with tenderness, humor and the requisite level of oddity one would expect of a being thrust into an unfamiliar place. "The Man Who Fell to Earth" ambitiously picks up where the sci-fi cult classic's mission ended 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z The setting of the programme in several different quarters all at once – the police force, the projects, City Hall, the schools and the newspaper – makes it an oddity in itself. The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z The oddity remains a mystery until you look at the painting’s side. R.H. Quaytman makes paintings as sculptures, mysterious and seductive at their best 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z He downloaded riding styles, Tyrolean embroideries and loden for tailoring and nice oddities like a nipped-waist jacket in deep fuchsia suede with a matching dirndl, or a beaded black cape worn with black velvet knickers. | Fashion Review: In Milan, Trying to Leap the Obstacles 2011-03-01T00:06:14Z The show is peppered with tiny oddities and puzzlements that become clear, mostly, at the end. ‘Oresteia’ Review: A Mother’s Grief, Underestimated 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Old-timers include Vespa, the storied Italian scooter maker; De Vera, a storied boutique for exquisite trifles and oddities; and BDDW, a high-end design store that was one of the first shops in the area. With South SoHo, Is SoHo Cool Again? 2011-11-02T22:18:31Z Long before N.B.A. players went from being physical oddities doomed to wear sack suits from Big & Tall shops to fashion darlings, Mr. Bryant was steadily forging an unlikely path for generations of athletes. Kobe Bryant’s Many Moves to the Net 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The orchid, once an aristocratic rarity, now a ubiquity — you can buy them at Home Depot — is still the most unnatural-looking flower of the natural world, dizzying in its opulent, adamant oddity. Seduced by Singapore’s Charismatic Orchids 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Weisbard has gone back and reread more than 150 volumes, classics and oddities of American music writing. Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z One of the oddities of the most recent competition for the best foreign-language film Oscar was that the five finalists included both Canada and Mexico. Carpetbagger Blog: Canada and Mexico Aim for an Oscar Nomination Repeat 2011-12-14T18:14:55Z That group recently visited the Mutter museum, established in 1858 to display medical oddities. Special Section: Fine Arts: Social Networking Among Young Arts Professionals 2011-10-22T14:06:08Z Everything gets slotted in this anxious 90-minute oddity, made in Canada and now at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Character assassination among friends in ‘Winners and Losers’ 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The rehearsal scenes are full of ripely played jokes about the oddities of the acting process and the havoc it can play on actors’ emotional equilibrium. Theater Review: ‘Stage Kiss,’ a Sarah Ruhl Comedy, at Playwrights Horizons 2014-03-03T03:00:19Z Rather than celebrate their shared oddity when Misty utters the story about the transmitter, Crystal’s expression drops. ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap: Destructive Secrets 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z You’re a well-known collector of oddities in real life; did any of your real-world experiences or emotions surrounding those experiences inform your performance in this film? Nicolas Cage channels his “inner jaguar” for the big cat action flick “Primal” 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z The artist seems to be saying that even his paintings are mere objects, as separate and eternally silent as the maps and illustrations and other oddities they depict. All the World in a ‘Slice’ of Art 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z This level of security made celebrities comfortable with relating their problems and the oddities that they wanted fixed. How Scientology ensnares celebrities 2013-02-07T01:00:00Z She also called attention to oddities like the footbridge from a Zavikon Island cottage to a satellite islet that allows you to cross from Canada into the United States without a passport. In the Thousand Islands, Castles, Cliffs and Contemplation 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z And like any convention, this one has its share of behind-the scenes crises and onstage oddities. 'Veep' Recap: The Former Veep Has Veep Problems 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z But what "Absurd Planet" clearly understands is that observing the inherent ridiculousness of the world around us — or as the series puts it, the earth's "parade of oddities" — is even more relaxing now. Netflix's "Absurd Planet" nature oddities series soothes humans feeling a bit weird ourselves now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z As a man in a white cowboy hat walks into the smoking area holding a large pair of scissors and a Pritt Stick, we decide perhaps that's enough intense oddity for one day. Outfit try stardom on for size 2012-06-15T23:03:00Z As long as the growing area is well defined and doesn’t bleed into the lawn, for example, gravel gardens read as sophisticated plant beds rather than as oddities. If the garden is due for a rock revival, gravel would be the way to go 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Flying them halfway around the world may not count as an eco-friendly gesture, but these oceanic oddities are a far cry from being decimated the way cod has. Seafood Restaurants Cast a Wider Net for Sustainable Fish 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Powerful but temperamental, often vengeful but occasionally generous, Morpheus carries the reader through the story but remains enigmatic, a morose yet compelling figure who inhabits a fascinating universe of mysteries, oddities and magic. ‘The Sandman’ Is Coming to TV. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z With reporters rapt but ultimately dismissive of the event, we all moved onto the next viral oddity — mostly. Did Storming Area 51 Teach Us Anything? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z High on the list of oddities: Twitter has no press department, because everyone who was part of the team either fled or was fired not long after Mr. Musk’s takeover. For Better and for Worse, Elon Musk Is His Own Spokesman 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z That it has gained such widespread usage during a period of staggering unemployment and economic ruin is but one oddity of our moment. How Many Is a Trillion? 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z It is time, then, to take a close look at Bamboozled, which deserves to be respected as much more than a mid-career oddity in Lee’s filmography. Bamboozled: Spike Lee's masterpiece on race in America is as relevant as ever 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z In addition to being ruled by truthfulness the Hosts display two other linguistic oddities: They utter complementary phrases at the same time with their two mouths, and they hear intentions instead of sounds. China Mi?ville's 'Embassytown': a galaxy where words, worlds and fates collide 2011-05-26T20:17:32Z To not acknowledge, in any way, the oddity of these times seems like a missed opportunity. Why Jimmy Fallon’s Stunts Won’t Work at the Golden Globes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z It's an incredible performance bursting with tenderness, humor and the requisite level of oddity. "The Man Who Fell to Earth" ambitiously picks up where the sci-fi cult classic's mission ended 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z For people who aren’t as good at hiding them or don’t want to hide them, it also helps us understand their quirks and oddities. Why are we so obsessed with superhero origin stories?: Here’s a psychologist’s take 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z In the end, then, Homeland became that rarest of oddities: a show improved by its midlife crisis. Homeland: the show that became a work of genius – after you stopped watching 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z In an oddity for cultural planning, it is expected to include retail shops, restaurants and residential blocks. Global Gloss, but Where Is Hong Kong's Local Art Scene? 2010-07-07T12:00:00Z One oddity is that the SEALs are not identified by their full names in the credits. 'Act of Valor': Thriller calls on real-life Navy SEALs to save the day 2012-02-22T17:53:04Z Just one of the oddities of our particular kind of animal mind. Inky the Octopus and the Upsides of Anthropomorphism 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z But far from any kind of scene or fad, on the streets of New York and Los Angeles, seeing women cruising down the streets has become something mundane rather than an oddity to point at. A guide to a hopeful 2016: a Guardian list of things to look forward to 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z It is a bit of an oddity on Broadway — more subtle than showy, long on loneliness and short on spectacle — with aching performances and unusually artful lyrics. 2018 Tony Nominations: ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘SpongeBob’ Lead the Way 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Gaga’s performance at the Oscars was not about the singer’s persona, her ideas about modern celebrity, or her oddity; it was about The Sound of Music. Lady Gaga's Performance at the Oscars Could Redefine Her Career 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Or are they the oddities that found their way to you through the small modern miracle of the Netflix queue? 2009-12-29T02:01:00Z What the Angulo boys actually spent their days doing is what elevates their story from a curious footnote in the annals of Manhattan oddities to something truly astounding. Escape from Childhood 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z In his bourgeois portraits, we can admire the verve, inventiveness and psychological oddity; in his religious works, we can find searching anatomical realism and sense the storm clouds of the Reformation. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z I tell my son often, “We are the audience, not the oddity.” Motherlode Blog: Becoming the Parent With the Child in the Wheelchair 2013-08-16T15:43:50Z The Emmy isn’t awarded on the basis of what’s most improved, but this transformative season was one of last year’s best, and would add freshness and oddity to a familiar ballot. These Are the Shows and Stars That Emmy Shouldn’t Ignore 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Amped-up sensory details and oddities, like the colorful objects crammed into the market, shape the core of this video. Mika Rottenberg’s ‘Easypieces’ Transports You to Parts Unknown 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z And yet unlike other viral oddities, “Oddly Satisfying” clips lack the punch line that might lead a viewer to share them with friends. The “Oddly Satisfying” Pleasures of Slime Porn 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Another oddity: The Kandor skyline changes shape throughout the decades of Superman comics’ publication. Mike Kelley's Superman moment: 'Kandors' at Hauser & Wirth 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Society no longer ignores food allergies as oddities. Review: ‘Another Person’s Poison,’ Matthew Smith’s Book on Food Allergies 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z On Instagram, that means buildings, especially the Modernist, Brutalist and Postmodern gems with which the city is replete, and many unclassifiable oddities. Five Artists to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z The winking references, the quirky combinations of acknowledged masterpieces and minor oddities, the mix of personal and public missions — these served to narrow the gap between art and viewer. Critic?s Notebook: Eccentricity Gives Way to Uniformity in Museums 2011-03-27T01:30:05Z Hole In the Ground, Crack in the Ground and Derrick Cave are interesting geological oddities nearby. Huge circle of rock offers geology lesson in Central Oregon 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Pike Place Market has been one of Seattle’s main tourist attractions for much of its 110-year history, despite one oddity: It has never been as functional for visitors as for the people who live here. Seattle’s expanded Pike Place Market has room for everyone 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “Savage State,” the sophomore feature from the French writer and director David Perrault, is a fascinating oddity: An unconventional western dominated by the desires of women. ‘Savage State’ Review: Escape to New York 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z This may be the point: such spatial oddity and aesthetic uncertainty goes, I think, to the heart of the Pompidou-Metz project. What's the big idea behind the Pompidou-Metz? 2010-04-06T20:30:00Z There it was: the quintessential New-York-or-die perspective that defines “Broad City,” in which Ms. Jacobson and Ms. Glazer play friends who embrace, duck and battle the oddities of young urban life. Young Comics Adapting ?Broad City? from Web to FX 2012-04-13T20:34:51Z Seeking a rational explanation for his oddities, he takes up with an eccentric lone researcher, then joins an ill-fated scientific expedition to discover the nonexistent Northwest Passage. ‘The Age of Ice’: locked into an eternity of cold 2013-08-08T19:44:22Z Anderson's movies are vulnerable to the charge of being supercilious oddities, but there is elegance and formal brilliance in Moonrise Kingdom, as well as a lot of gentle, winning comedy. Moonrise Kingdom – review 2012-05-24T14:15:01Z The super’s name is Eugene O’Neil, and a central strand of the episodic plot turns on this oddity. | 'The Hallway Trilogy': Love Thy Neighbor? Yeah, Right 2011-02-25T03:00:00Z An oddity called Tearaway, recently released by the British studio Media Molecule, is one such game. Video Game Review: Tearaway Is Designed for the PlayStation Vita 2013-12-16T23:11:11Z But then, that sort of sartorial oddity, like a single glove or a cone bra, is the prerogative of a pop icon—the sort of figure Grande proved she’s growing into. Ariana Grande's 'SNL' Performance Was a Triumph 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Beneath all the oddities of Walsh’s script is a criticism of the ways in which society fails the mentally ill. ‘Medicine’ Review: One Dose Reality, Two Doses Absurdity 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z By the 1950s, the old Denver & Rio Grande Western’s narrow-gauge lines had become a historical oddity and the railroad started to look at abandoning it. Who needs a railroad museum? You can ride these circa-1870 rails yourself. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z With his dark features and Bronx accent, Mr. Pagan is an oddity among the many fair, blue-eyed children at the camp. Ukrainian Dance at the Soyuzivka Resort in the Catskills 2012-08-24T22:48:11Z No surprise again, that Mama's 10th was an evening of oddities. Originality enlivens the birthday party for Hurricane Mama 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z “Horse Girl” delves into a troubled mind only to get lost among its oddities, forgetting the sensitivity that drew it there in the first place. ‘Horse Girl’ Review: Facing an Emotionally Taxing World 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z E-mails arrived—readers liked the oddity of the story—and I felt as though I’d been given a reprieve: your brain will not collapse today, this week, this month. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z To classical music fans, Glyndebourne is a beloved oddity, the home for the past 80 years to an intimate and celebrated opera festival that began in a display of spousal devotion. George Christie, heir to Glyndebourne opera, dies at 79 He came up with an added element to his response that, by its very oddity, perhaps made it more plausible. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z In our circle of Pakistani immigrants, the few couples with a white spouse were treated as oddities. In My Sari, Kissing the Soccer Coach 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z It’s always entertaining to see Irby — a first-rate, self-deprecating mind — riff on the oddities of her own life. 19 Works of Nonfiction to Read This Spring 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The six overlapping profiles, on the other hand, tell such an intriguing story that the book’s marginal oddities fade in importance. How the Great Leftist Thinkers of the 20th Century Contended With Zionism 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The editorial commentary delves into some wonderful oddities, including passages that are impossible to play on the specified instruments. The Endless, Grisly Fascination of Richard Strauss’s “Salome” 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Its building blocks are geometric oddities in zingy colours, spread across painting, sculpture, drawing and the exhibition catalogues that he regularly designs himself. Artist of the week 106: Thomas Scheibitz 2010-09-22T15:47:00Z There, amid a pageant of human pettiness and oddity, he gradually discovers within himself a resourcefulness and a curious charm that transform him into an oddly irresistible hero. Top 10 Fiction Books 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Americans are prone to preserving such mundane and fragile — yet powerful — oddities, and then giving them to museums for public enjoyment, Mr. Bird said in a phone interview. Antiques: Cakes for Celebrities, Coveted by Collectors 2013-05-09T19:36:12Z The obvious joke is the oddity of Stewart and Snoop being pals; the secondary joke, also pretty obvious, though a bit funnier, is that it is Stewart, and not Snoop, who has done hard time. Martha Stewart, Comedy Genius? 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Norgren often accompanies Lightner on his gathering forays, steering him clear of Destroying Angel mushrooms and hemlocks and singling out oddities like an orange parasitic vine called dodder. | Foraging for Dinner in Oregon 2010-10-18T14:43:00Z Author Roy Moxham spent several years in the late 1990s trying to establish its existence and then to trace vestiges of this oddity. The odd tale of Britain’s wall — a hedge — across a swath of India 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z All I knew was that no amount of respectability in other sectors could make up for this one eccentricity: we were gypsies, oddities. Wilfrid Sheed, Writer of Gentle Wit, Dies at 80 2011-01-19T19:15:32Z In the cow’s horn section, for example, his playing was so warm and shapely that the oddity of the instrument seemed beside the point. Music Review: Alan Gilbert Leads New York Philharmonic 2010-06-18T21:26:00Z But the oddity of this situation is that I don’t enjoy the feeling of being alone. My Prison Cell: The Refuge of a Recluse 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Another oddity of this world is the Ruskin Effect. 'Porn producers live in a parallel world' 2011-04-11T06:00:02Z He was caught after one of the buyers, a collector of oddities in San Diego, grew suspicious and traced his newly purchased jars of brain tissue back to the museum. The Black-Market Value of 100 Brains: Less Than One Good Kidney 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z This red wine, made with bobal, is a bit of an oddity in that bobal is more typically found down the Mediterranean coast in Valencia. 12 Natural Wines to Drink Now 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Dealing with his oddities and caring for her small brother Tug seems not much stranger than her friend Marcus's obsession with Hollywood movies. Children's fiction prize book club: Moon Pie 2011-07-29T14:35:17Z The video, which released Monday morning, is a typical Gaga space oddity, disco sci-fi for the masses. Lady Gaga tries to make the gayest video ever 2011-02-28T19:05:00Z To love — or even enjoy — Baja is to appreciate its oddities. In Ensenada, Cheap Mexican Charms Await 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z There is a captivating oddity to how this tastily detestable character speaks, as if her frontal lobe were programmed with grammar and usage flash cards. A Lifetime Movie Nails the College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Contemporary dance is dangerous; it’s all too easy for everything to end up looking the same, which is why Mr. Naharin’s work, which translates mystery and oddity onto dancing bodies, is so precious. Dance Review: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Joyce 2013-05-16T21:50:43Z As Bruckner points out, one of the oddities of Glucksmann’s life was that, while he admired the American contribution to the definition of freedom, he never knew America at all. The Coruscating Moral Vision of André Glucksmann 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The paintings were long dismissed as ethnographic oddities, sometimes marred by frankly racist depictions. LACMA purchases long-lost masterpiece, once kept under a couch 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Despite oddities in the evidence, such as the fact that only one of six Israeli guards was in place at the time, the commission concluded that the massacre was the action of a lone shooter. Reading Hebron ? review 2011-02-14T09:56:15Z The resulting film is a visually engaging and dizzyingly goofy cinematic oddity that is incredibly fun to watch. Macaulay Culkin: 'Aladdin is a passion project' 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z And this oddity was symbolic of how the coalition is going to disrupt the visual grammar of political television. Question Time 2010-05-13T07:00:00Z It’s a true oddity, an outlier, as isolated and enigmatic as the gloomy, rain-whipped island on which the action takes place. 2010-02-06T04:17:00Z Unlike most adaptations of knotty novels, which shrink the text and smooth it over into a serviceable proxy, this production is guided by the rhythms and oddities of the original. Signifying something 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Mostly, Beltway Plaza has found a niche as a large — and faintly 1980s — urban souk, hawking the necessities, and the oddities, of immigrant life. The future of malls is bleak. But one of the D.C. area’s oldest malls has found a niche: immigrants 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The Pawn is a bit of an oddity in a city where buildings rarely last more than a decade. Surfacing: Wan Chai?s Nascent Cultural Scene in Hong Kong 2010-03-19T18:51:00Z That is hardly the most peculiar thing in “The Dance of Reality,” but a simple catalog of oddities would misrepresent the beauty and coherence of the film’s conception, as well as spoiling some surprises. ‘The Dance of Reality,’ Jodorowsky’s Comeback Film 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z That relationship underlines an oddity about architecture and design in Latin America that is implicit in each of the exhibitions. Latin American Design and Architecture Through the Years 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z But the dancers, led by a deadpan Rashaun Mitchell in Cunningham’s old role, made the choreography’s oddities astonishingly fresh. Dance Review: A Golden Age Continues Without Its Midas 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z Then there are the knockoffs of the hits — a half-dozen “Deadliest Catch” spinoffs and similar shows, like “Lobster Wars” and “Swords” — and the one- or two-season oddities, like “Verminators,” about exterminators in California. How Thom Beers Built a Reality-TV Empire 2012-12-16T23:37:47Z Indeed, her purposeful march to the podium generated the night’s most memorable moment: Leonardo DiCaprio startled by her oddity, or her earnestness, or just the fact that she was there. Lady Gaga's Oscars Will Prove She's Pop's Reigning Champion 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z This temporary exhibition explores the oddities of mammals, living and extinct. What to do with the kids? 12 family-friendly events for September 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z On the mysterious, brilliant oddity "Wild Wolf," the late bassist Rick Danko offers a restless, roaming line. Back to the basement with Bob Dylan 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Along the way, Mr. Kriskiewicz pointed out various enigmas and oddities: The purpose of those towers above the Holland Tunnel? 3 Day-Cruises Worth the Trip 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z He appeared on Wednesday’s finale, naturally, alongside another one of the show’s great oddities, the tuneless William Hung. ?American Idol? Crowns Its 9th Winner 2010-05-27T16:16:00Z Among the endemic plants were oddities, like the cirio itself, a tree that looks like the tentacles of a subterranean creature, rising and twisting from the parched earth. In Baja, Camping, Cactus and Cocktails 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z He’s drawn to the slithering sound of Frederick Delius, and to oddities like the “garish but amazing” Stokowski orchestration of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C sharp minor. The Conductor John Wilson Doesn’t Like Musical Distinctions 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z In a time of major crises, List focuses outrage on minor oddities, like the unnecessary noise you make when you yawn, casting the loud yawn as a desperate plea for attention. Cracking Jokes Right Before the World Turned Upside Down 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z I’m willing to ignore those oddities, but the strangest indicator that something isn’t quite right or at least, not what we’ve been led to believe, is the logo for Milk & Hanoi. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z That indelible — and extremely beloved — vision of oddity emerged from the brain of children’s book author Louis Sachar more than 40 years ago. Louis Sachar returns to wacky Wayside School more than 40 years after ‘Sideways Stories’ 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z The two met in 2015 at a Paris flea market and clicked right away, says Ryden, for whom the location, with its vintage toys, old furniture and discarded oddities, is one of his all-time favorites. Mark Ryden's foray into set design is a fantastical ballet of candyland delights 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z A free-standing museum displays all manner of Victorian artifacts and oddities. Scotland’s northeastern scenery circuit — 500 miles of sheep, history and whisky 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The result is a true oddity; a romance in which greater intimacy is not a dream but a paranoid nightmare. In Connie Willis' 'Crosstalk,' sci-fi meets romance in an overcommunication age 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z He likes for his spheres to behave not so much like works of art, but more like oddities, as he put it, “that are somehow familiar and at the same time nonsensical.” Phish’s Art Director Calls Four Shipping Containers Home 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z To be a comedian in the US without a podcast is increasingly to be an oddity. Marc Maron is the latest comedy star to go from podcast to TV pilot 2013-04-16T16:42:51Z FRI-SAT Part of Ripley’s ongoing search for oddities, artifacts, relics, antiques, the weirder the better; offers made for suitable items, informal appraisals of items provided, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The tender loving care that has gone into the production in the Terrace Theater is all well and good, but as a one-off enterprise at the arts center it comes across as an oddity. Review | I’m not rejoicing over a play produced by the Kennedy Center. Here’s why. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Despite signs of aesthetic ambition, increased professionalization and expanded educational goals, this quirky, astonishing institution is not jettisoning its distinctive oddities. Museum Review: Shelburne Museum Is Opening a New Visitors Center 2013-08-16T22:18:25Z Nowadays historically informed orchestras are no longer regarded as an experimental oddity coming out of left field. A Revolutionary Approach to Beethoven: Period Instruments 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The oddity picked up the name because during the dry season the grass turns brown, and some have compared the hills to Hershey Kisses. 10 of the world’s best natural wonders … that you’ve probably never heard of 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Professional baseball’s longest game confounded time, history and, most of all, common sense, and yielded the sort of signature oddity submitted as evidence of the sport’s charm. Books of The Times: Baseball According to Beckett: A Game That Wouldn?t End 2011-04-24T21:07:26Z There's already enough, in his combination of clowning, oddity and low-level menace, to constitute one of the funniest shows on the fringe. Doctor Brown ? review 2011-08-10T17:15:01Z This year's opening night film for example - The Grand Budapest Hotel, the newest star-laden oddity from US auteur Wes Anderson - was followed by a party to which all the audience were invited. Film festival not immune from independence debate 2014-02-23T12:23:46Z Its oddities felt original in earlier seasons; here, they tend toward caricature. ‘Fargo’ Review: Kansas City, Here We Come 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z A few harmonic oddities, restrained for Stravinsky, enlivened the familiar tune. With new members in BSO, striving for a cohesive sound in season opener at Strathmore 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of a committed cast, director Andre Barron’s over-the-top staging never pitches Augustin’s daring oddity into the credible human context that could make this feverish “Dream” linger. In 'Little Children Dream of God,' Haitian refugee tale goes adrift 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z In those seven decades, “Carmen Jones” went into a sort of obscurity, marked by the very oddity of its essence: it’s Hammerstein without Rodgers, and an opera meant for Broadway. Anika Noni Rose Was Waiting for This Moment 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Your situation is a rare cultural oddity peculiar to late capitalism, and particularly rare in a period of global recession. Class decides everything 2012-06-24T16:00:00Z He began to raise interest when “I Am Here …. Now” played at West Coast theaters like the now defunct Cinefamily in West Hollywood, Calif., where it was marketed as a hilarious oddity. What Distinguishes a Neil Breen Film? Neil Breen. 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Fictional figures aren’t the only ones familiar with this oddity of existence. SundanceTV’s Identity Crisis: Indie by Night. Innocent by Day. 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The oddities of the image are heightened by the way one of the victims rests on his side, Christ-like, patiently awaiting consumption. Sisko Gallery scares up some 'Creatures of the Night' 2012-11-02T14:31:04Z Museum of Jurassic Technology For the eccentric: Artifacts, oddities and ephemera, of questionable provenance, in the “cabinet of curiosities” tradition. Skip the mall, go to a museum: 16 ways to gobble up SoCal culture over Thanksgiving weekend 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z In 2015, Mr. Hurwitz announced that he would be stepping down as president, setting up another oddity in the record business: an orderly transition of executive power. At Nonesuch Records, Star Treatment for a Boss Who Plays 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Space experts have challenged the accuracy of a science fiction film starring Matt Damon that depicts life on Mars for a stranded astronaut, claiming the movie is tainted by a few space oddities. Space experts challenge accuracy of The Martian 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Featuring new and returning first-generation American comedians, this commentary series about the oddities of American pop culture is back for a second season. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Sam Now’ and ‘Jeopardy! Masters’ 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z But its oddity might also be its audacity — this is his most promising solo song yet, triumphing over his own vocal reluctance and also a faint whiff of the theme from “Night Court.” The Playlist: Zayn’s Bizarrely Great Sleaze Rock and 13 More New Songs 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Hard as it may be to imagine now, the modern novel, as it emerged in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe, often treated the chapter gingerly, as a strange oddity in need of explanation. The Chapter: A History 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z But its most ancient building, by far, is this medieval oddity, slipped snugly into the Marquette University campus. 36 Hours in Milwaukee 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z In its less satisfying second act, a tavern spectacle suffers stylistic and structural oddities more typically found in Broadway hokum. New twists and turns enliven 'Don Quixote' 2011-04-22T15:34:23Z It wasn’t the only delightful oddity on the program. Anne Sofie von Otter has chosen to be a singer who is expressive, not excessive 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The best song is the most textural — "How I Roll," a placid banger that sounds like an oddity in any context, much like Spears' "Toxic" did in 2003. Britney Spears, awesome despite it all, plays Tacoma Dome June 29 2011-06-23T15:03:07Z Goldblum as a subject, though, has the inherent power to make oddities go viral. Jeff Goldblum’s a movie star, jazz pianist and an inescapable meme. What’s behind his enduring appeal? 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Noah’s fairly rudimentary questions got predictably off-the-wall answers rooted in mean-spirited oddity. Review: The Daily Show's Obama Interview Shows Trevor Noah's Flaws as an Interviewer 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z And there were pleasing oddities that suggested a venturesome actor not content to do as his agents told him, like Richard Kelly’s extraordinary heroic failure of an epic, Southland Tales. Dwayne Johnson: fast, furious and fun 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z In Week 1230, we expanded on a Twitter thing from a while back in which a Creator plans one biological oddity or another. Style Invitational Week 1234: Just-Not-So Stories 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z We were strangers lodging in a strange American fantasyland wrapped in the enigma of Asia, watching a family of misfits come to grips with their oddities and unite in triumph at the end. At Shanghai Disney Resort, Mulan, Mickey and Dumplings 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z As Virgil talks to more townspeople, he is struck by two oddities. Review | How does he do it? John Sandford’s ‘Holy Ghost’ is another winner. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Here she turns “Story of O” into a fairy tale of its own, replete with oddities and violence and transformation. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Existing design oddities were revamped and put to work. A Narnia-Inspired Design, on Long Island 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The Hearst organization syndicated his cartoons beginning in the late 1920s and sent him all over the world in search of oddities, or so the public thought. ‘Ripley: Believe It or Not’ on PBS’s ‘American Experience’ 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Opening a few days before Toronto, Telluride runs a programme heavy on silent films, forgotten oddities and restored classics. Telluride's tiny film festival sets the Oscars agenda 2011-07-28T11:34:02Z If the weather’s dreary why not allow yourself an idle afternoon watching oddities on television, as I did. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z And of course that merry sendup of the oddities of Mormonism remains the hottest ticket in town. Theater Review: ‘Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson’ 2012-11-16T03:00:13Z "It's an oddity that has produced the last 20-some years of my adult life making music. Not only musically but the principles of this place — its music, its art, its poetry, its politics, its spirituality." Ben Harper and his mom roam the store that was a childhood home 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z They explore oddities of individual careers, such as Rossini's celebrated retirement, and Verdi's curious, rather overlooked trajectory – in his first 14 years as a composer, he wrote 19 operas, in his last 48, exactly eight. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker – review 2012-12-13T07:53:01Z Mark Strong pops out of the shadows now and then as a silky, cynical MI6 spymaster, perhaps the only person in the British political establishment who fully appreciates Turing’s oddity and his genius. ‘The Imitation Game’ Stars Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z In Chicago, land of the deep dish and the generously proportioned Midwestern restaurant, such an establishment is almost an oddity. | The Thin Man 2012-10-29T04:37:25Z The Empress created the grid by feeding 20 randomly generated words — including oddities ranging from “darr” to “quindecemvirate” — into an online puzzle generator, but lots of other real words showed up as well. Style Invitational: As the word turns — ‘discover’ new words in a grid 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The oddity of this music lies in the vocal production. Music Review: ‘Collected Stories’ Series Continues at Zankel Hall 2014-04-25T20:41:35Z From such is-it-art oddities it was only a short step to the next new interesting thing, Conceptualism, which, at its most reductive, consisted of weighty ideas typed out on thin sheets of paper. A Bold New Landing for Modern Art at the National Gallery 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Equally thrilling are the drawings, like “Infernal Landscape,” offering glimpses at Bosch’s moment of creation, when pen and ink swirled into wondrous oddities. For Hieronymus Bosch, One Helluva Homecoming 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z It was rather the oddity of their having done something so glaring. One Tree Hill and me: the true cost of renting your home to a hit TV show 2012-07-27T22:00:46Z And recently, there has been a lot written about people who are “single at heart”, which has also made me feel less of an oddity. I’m a relationship virgin: I’m 54 and have never had a boyfriend 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z With all these oddities, it is a great theme for a mind-bending work of art. Conrad Shawcross turns Roundhouse into giant sundial 2013-07-23T14:42:54Z He writes about big matters — nothing bigger than life and death, after all — as if they were incidental oddities deserving of wry comment but no great moralizing or posturing. Theater Review: ?The Realistic Joneses,? at Yale Repertory Theater 2012-05-01T22:14:22Z There was just one oddity: the presence of the book’s author, Alexandra Styron. Be Careful at the Book Club, the Author Might Be There 2014-01-29T21:49:15Z Kate seems to have been selected for her role of princess because she was irreproachable: as painfully thin as anyone could wish, without quirks, without oddities, without the risk of the emergence of character. Kate, the 'plastic princess': Hilary Mantel's damning take on duchess 2013-02-19T08:48:03Z Yet a growing body of experimental evidence suggests that quantum oddities may really be responsible for many of life’s engineering successes. Nature, the physicist 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The oddity of Roussel’s work could be seen as a mere reflection of its author. How Raymond Roussel Put the Impossible on the Page 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Salvjiia, 19, is part of a subculture of self-created oddities proliferating online and, more recently, leaching into the world of style. It’s Halloween. Here’s What’s Haunting the Runways. 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z From another it seems overstretched, ludicrously conjectural, pointlessly elaborate and interesting only as an oddity. The Marlowe Papers by Ros Barber – review 2012-06-15T21:55:03Z Americans are still an oddity here, which helps stoke conversation. A very happy new year, that happened in Havana 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Space oddity … an alien monolith discovered in Ridley Scott's Prometheus. Prometheus has landed … to mixed atmospheric readings 2012-06-01T13:59:40Z And at Yale Repertory Theater you can see the premiere of “Imogen Says Nothing,” by Aditi Brennan Kapil, an ambitious but rather woolly-headed play featuring, among other oddities, a troupe of talking bears. Suspending Disbelief in a Savage ‘Endgame’ 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Among the 50 or so features chosen by Festival boss Marc Mueller are prestige Hollywood product, adventurous European films, Asian melodramas and some unclassifiable oddities. Postcards from Venice: 10 for the Show 2011-09-09T02:50:00Z It’s one of the oddities of our celebrity culture that the more and more we see celebrities, the less and less interesting things they are asked to say. Andy Cohen: Oozing, desperate, likable 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z This polarizing creation — with its signature American cheese topper — hails from its namesake town in Pennsylvania, where it began life as a culinary oddity of the Altoona Hotel, which has since burned down. From Altoona to mountain pie, hyper-regional pizza styles are a source of deep pride 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z “When she gave you a finger,” Bea thinks, in one of the lovely oddities preserved by Gehrman, “you wanted the whole hand.” For This Lesbian Romance, World War II Is Just One Complication 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Kai even follows me on a few dives to get a closer look at one oddity or another. On Maui, seeking out the hidden wows of wild Hawaii 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z A few other winners, losers, oddities and observations among the 78 Grammy categories: All is forgiven? Grammy winners, losers and oddities 2012-02-13T01:37:00Z Ms. Posey was destined for something stranger, namely a string of low-budget oddities like “Dazed and Confused,” “Party Girl,” “The Daytrippers” and “The House of Yes.” Parker Posey’s Offbeat Glamour 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Set in the near future, this gentle, sci-fi-inflected oddity finds Frank Langella playing an ageing cat burglar who becomes the unwilling recipient of a robot butler. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-07-13T23:05:18Z With its skeletal narrative and desolate tone, “Bad Fever” is a low-budget oddity, a shambling study of pathological loneliness that begs for our sympathies with defiant reticence. Movie Review: ?Bad Fever,? Directed by Dustin Guy Defa 2012-02-03T01:37:26Z I was relieved to find that La Isla had lost none of its oddity: We were met at the tiny airport by a nurse in white uniform who screened us all for fevers. A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The producers, looking for an audience-pleasing oddity, suggested the pretty young woman try boxing as her specialty. Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85 2013-05-13T22:29:44Z But Keynes and Lopokova were both exceptional oddities: he possessed a rare intellectual curiosity and subtlety of imagination; she had an intuitive comic charm and intelligence. Niall Ferguson should know that JM Keynes's marriage was happy – with plenty of sex 2013-05-06T12:13:56Z The production also reminds us of the British theater’s gift for seeing playwrights’ careers whole, which is to say acknowledging not just the masterworks but the esoterica and oddities. Theater Review: Daring to Overcome the Difficulties of 'Problem Plays' 2011-05-17T11:30:06Z He speculates that “the thinness oddity” began with “the notion that clothes on models ‘hang better’ if the models are thin.” Why don’t women know what men find attractive? 2014-04-26T22:30:00Z This certainly makes Levi Holloway’s “Grey House,” now in previews at Broadway’s Lyceum Theater, an oddity. In Broadway’s ‘Grey House,’ Something Nightmarish This Way Comes 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Indeed, on my trip, I encountered a historical oddity: Despite its global import, Bauhaus is not widely revered in its country of origin. On the Bauhaus Trail in Germany 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z But I'm also waiting for the day when I'm not treated as an oddity as a woman. Women win equal time in Sundance drama competition 2013-01-18T14:25:10Z Honestly, I'm thoroughly satisfied that we have made 80 minutes of tripped-out pop oddities that pay absolutely no attention to the short-form game of contemporary music. New music: The Phoenix Foundation – The Captain 2013-03-05T07:00:00Z It is difficult to recapture the excitement that James’s television column caused in London then, despite the oddity that it was simply a retrospective of the previous week’s programming. Clive James Got It Right 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Maria competes with four other contestants, each one a fussy oddity. ‘Stanleyville’ Review: The Most Senseless Game 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Crazy or not, he produced exceptionally inventive art, outsiderish in its oddity but formally sophisticated and ripe with historical allusions. Art Review: ?The Art of Dissent in 17th-Century China? at the Met Museum - Review 2011-09-08T22:36:02Z At 31, she has had a healthy film career, but she said her goofy charm made her an oddity in the movie industry. The New Season: Kat Dennings and Other Young Actresses Star on TV 2011-09-14T23:40:26Z There is no bottom to the oddity of “Anastasia,” the 2017 Broadway musical now opulently filling the Kennedy Center’s Opera House in the early phases of its national tour. Perspective | If you’ve seen one princess fairy tale, you know what to expect with ‘Anastasia’ 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Barnum began operating the venerable Scudder’s American Museum of oddities and relics in 1842, transforming it into an eccentric exhibition hall, theater, lecture center and freak show named, naturally, for himself. ‘Circus and the City’ at Bard Graduate Center Galleries 2012-09-20T22:40:07Z That Mr. Moore, a rare Easterner on the Academy’s California-oriented governing board, should be in a position to effect a change in the scoring system is something of an oddity. Carpetbagger: Michael Moore on How the New Documentary Rules Will Work 2012-01-09T17:12:56Z To the Richardson family, the Warrens are quite the oddity. Review | Celeste Ng grapples with both sides of the debate over interracial adoptions 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z But there are oddities, gaps and callous behaviors that Mariani never quite accounts for. Who was Wallace Stevens? A new biography looks at the man and his work. 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z I loved the contrast and oddity of the sharp "kuh" sound that begins the word. Happy Hanukkah! This year, celebrate the knish 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Whoever he may be, this unexplained use of a supportive male functionary is one of the greatest yet most characteristic oddities of Balanchine ballet theater. 4 New Cavaliers Go Full Throttle in ‘The Nutcracker’ 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z That last, draped with a circular cape, stood as a testament to their earmark oddity. Fashion Review: Jason Wu, Rag & Bone and Suno Show at New York Fashion Week 2014-02-10T00:14:58Z Viewed from nine time zones away, Japan's current No 1 film, Thermae Romae, seems to be yet another example of the scintillating oddities of the like only that country produces. Thermae Romae: is Japanese film feeling the heat? 2012-05-29T13:56:02Z What I’d like to witness anew is something towards which I’ve become inured to its oddity and conspicuousness, that I now accept as commonplace. Carrie Brownstein, Carly Rae Jepsen and Others on First-Time Cultural Experiences 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Another oddity: No death certificate existed for a Clara Morris anywhere close to the 1905 in the timeline of the family story. Review | Julie Klam was fascinated by the saga of her immigrant relatives. Was it even true? 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z It certainly would go easier on American ears, although of course it’s probable that most in the audience didn’t register the vocal oddities that I did. Stage Accents Trouble American and British Actors 2010-03-21T21:41:00Z The one oddity of the evening was that Hough performed everything from memory except his own composition, the work you’d think he knew the best. Composer Stephen Hough, accomplished on paper and in the concert hall 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The text was only slightly abridged for the Rydal performance and the oddities in the language in fact proved an attraction. Midsummer Night's Dream by Lake District pupils 2010-07-20T07:30:00Z While Garner has nailed the essence of the accent’s oddity, Sorokin’s actual voice is softer, the pronunciation subtler. Seen ‘Inventing Anna’? Here’s What It Gets Right (and Wrong) 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z All these, and Disney's Dumbo too, mined the melodrama inherent in a milieu of temperamental artists, nature's oddities, wild animals and men who use whips to impose discipline. Water for Elephants: Under the Big Top with Reese and RPattz 2011-04-21T10:15:00Z Her forced re-entry into white society - she was treated as if she were a pathetic oddity - was yet another tragic event in her life. New book 'The Searchers' exposes roots of a legend 2013-02-19T17:37:09Z The book’s real value, however, may lie in the oddities that Turan has unearthed over a lifetime of viewing: connections between films and cultures that showcase influences and enhance reputations: Book review: ‘The New Biographical Dictionary of Film’ and ‘Not to be Missed’ Its value as a historical oddity may be greater than its artistic value. Hollywood Ending Near for Orson Welles’s Last Film 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Also available this week The aforementioned Sandler oddity The Cobbler belatedly arrives on DVD this Monday. The Ridiculous 6: Adam Sandler moves to Netflix 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Though there are minor fascinations of groupings and geometry, the dance seems, deliberately, another study in oddity — a reductive one. Nederlands Dans Theater Gets Offbeat at the Joyce 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Ms. Fast contends that, at around this time, lurid media interest in Jackson’s perceived oddity began to eclipse formal appreciation of his work. Examining Michael Jackson Impersonators and ‘Dangerous’ 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z All they’ve really achieved is keeping addiction an oddity, a sideshow. Turning a Disease Into a Sideshow 2013-07-19T18:42:51Z Her imagination is a fun-house mirror that magnifies the oddities, intensifies the colors and warps every random detail of her environs in Paris’ Montmartre. ‘Amélie’ musical's creators bring to the stage a ‘love letter to imagination’ 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z And that delivers a truly new dimension of oddity because animals have no way to stop sneezes, and of course no incentive to modulate them in any way. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Bless you, sneezer, for you have sinned 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Then it returned after a two-year absence with a storytelling jumble, but one guided by commanding, assured writing and an ensemble cast that commits to its oddity. "Loki" speaks to Marvel's biggest concern – if only the studio will heed it 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z With any luck, two nights of 10-way televised debates will be one of those singular oddities we’ll all look back on some day and agree was a terrible idea. CNN turned Democratic debates into fight nights — and we're the losers 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z They are fond of edible oddities, or as Dillon puts it, “I’m good at going through the junk drawer.” Bar Sajor is Matt Dillon’s finest yet 2013-06-13T21:27:15Z “When I was 16, I already knew I didn’t want to get married, that marriage was my enemy,” she said, a stance that made her an oddity in her religious family. A Paris Colony for Exiled Artists Needs a New Home 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Unaweep is the Ute Indian word meaning “out of two mouths,” which accurately describes a geologic oddity: the ancient Gunnison River cut a canyon up to 2,500 feet deep before it changed course. A Bicycle Tour Through Remote Southwest Canyon Country 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z But as anyone who has ever bought presents for grannies will realise, their record collections have a habit of picking up oddities along the way. What the Queen Mum played on one's gramophone 2011-03-14T20:00:02Z The score, which draws on Russian folk songs and liturgical chants, is written for four pianos — an oddity — and a hefty percussion section, in addition to a large chorus and four vocal soloists. Why Is Bronislava Nijinska Still Waiting in the Wings? 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z However, I was a little distracted by a new oddity with my left hand. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Lady Gaga practically invented the current era of pop music as spectacle, one that’s become an escalating arms race of self-conscious oddity. Lady Gaga's Performance at the Oscars Could Redefine Her Career 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Josh McKay kept the band from flying completely into the ether with his bass work, tucking into drummer Moses Archuleta on songs like “No One’s Sleeping,” “Coronado” and the oddity “Disappearing Ink.” Review | Deerhunter brings its earsplitting sonic tingle to odd and wonderful 9:30 Club show 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z But alongside high-end paintings and portraits are smaller curios and oddities, which means quite a few themes run through the show. The Winter Antiques Show Embraces the Evolving Definition of Antique 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z More prominent television exposure at the last two Winter Games has helped curling transition from an oddity to a thing. Think you could be an Olympic curler? Don’t make these women laugh. 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The show of ugly children, distorted landscapes and other oddities, along with a book with the same title, were the brainchild of the artist Jim Shaw, a longtime collector of the horribly wonderful. Loving the Lowbrow (It Has Its Own Hall of Fame) 2010-09-02T22:25:00Z This line rapidly changes and, as it does, the contours of the U world emerge, as do its mysteries, oddities, personalities and possibilities. ‘Belle’ Review: Soaring and Singing Over the Online Rainbow 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The result is a collection of literary oddities, including a critical review of a man's beard, a ghoulish last will and testament and, of all things, a romantic police-blotter report. 'Fakes': the virtues of making stuff up 2012-10-28T14:01:04Z “You’re an oddity among young men,” says one of the many people who struggle to get close to him. If you liked ‘Wicked,’ you’ll be enchanted by ‘Hiddensee’ 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Many became early colorized photo postcards, illustrating tourist destinations and the oddities of urban life. The remarkable vision of 'An American Odyssey' 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The current dominance of “curating” is, like most contemporary oddities, tied to the internet. Everyone’s a Curator Now 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z True, there are just enough oddities on the dinner menu — the marvelous chicken soup and the fresh Bavarian-style pretzels, both clear products of Strausmanian obsessions — to tell you that this is no normal Italian restaurant. One Chef, One Roof, Many Menus 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z He was a famous writer, and she owns a construction company, which is the sort of uncommented-upon oddity you get when you base a script on real life. Review: Looking for Love Among the Older Set in ‘Curvy Widow’ 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z For me, the oddities of Scott's career offer the most fun. Tony Scott: days of thunder 2012-08-20T18:11:01Z At the start of the 1950s they produce two fascinating oddities, characteristic of the oddity of the times. The Boulting brothers: holy fools 2013-07-26T13:00:19Z Readers should pick up “Buzz, Sting, Bite” if they want a wide survey of insect oddities. Catch a Buzz With Two New Books About Bugs 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Founded by Jimi Hendrix in 1970, it was an oddity for its time. A Hendrix Castle Where Musicians Still Kiss the Sky 2010-08-25T23:50:00Z It is a geographic and geologic oddity, its forbidding landscape bearing no resemblance to its lush and mountainous sisters. A Hawaiian Island Where Everybody Knows Your Name 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z One of them is seated; Degas focuses on her fully turned-out feet, attending to the sheer physical oddity of turnout itself. Degas?s Ballet at the Phillips Collection and Royal Academy 2011-09-02T12:39:28Z Eco’s passion for the literary canon is clear, but we hear more about his wanderings through his favorite oddities, such as Athanasius Kircher, a 17th-century Jesuit scholar who wrote sprawling and sometimes wrongheaded treatises. ‘Umberto Eco’ Review: Remembering a Literary Explorer 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Time passed and eventually the oddity disappeared, as these things tend to do. Has art's Slant Step mystery finally been solved? 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z But it was the Hall’s archaic oddities and waning splendor, its stuffed polar bears and old croquet mallets that charmed him immensely. Footsteps: Rambling With W. G. Sebald in East Anglia 2011-04-22T18:55:00Z Gangsta's Paradise builds an Eden of towering oddities. This week's new exhibitions 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z A substantial oddity is that four of the five chorus members crooning Hughes’s history are white. Review | Langston Hughes vs. McCarthyism in ‘Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been . . . ’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The Puck’s quirky, irregular spaces seemed made for the oddities of outsider art, but in 2008 the building became unavailable. Art Review: Outsider Art Fair Opens at 548 West 22nd Street 2013-01-31T23:02:48Z But in among all the science academies and sports training centres, the sanatoriums, swimming pools and camps for youth movement pioneers, there are also some oddities, such as the "wedding palaces". Swansongs of a superpower: Russia's secret architecture 2011-02-07T21:31:01Z She made an elaborate, and ultimately futile, effort to pitch an album by her boogie rock horn band, Buffalo Clover, to Jack White’s Third Man Records by hand-delivering weekly packages of riddles and oddities. Margo Price, Nashville Outsider, Tells It Like It Really Is 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z It also helps broaden the audience for her new memoir, “Yours Cruelly, Elvira,” which is the same kind of engrossing oddity that her career has been. Review | Remember Elvira? The mistress of the dark is still here, and she has some bombshells to drop. 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z It is by now an oddity, a Victorian house and a working farm tucked down a lane in Dublin's southside suburbs. The Crocodile by the Door by Selina Guinness - review 2012-11-23T22:55:01Z In several sections she seems to want nothing more than to show the same aspects of their oddity. Dance Review: At the Joyce, Kate Weare and Monica Bill Barnes 2010-08-12T22:50:00Z Her letters describe the oddity of having your roommate spy on you. Sally Laird obituary 2010-08-10T17:19:00Z Described as "an administrative oddity", Zuckmayer's Voigt lacks the proofs of existence that would enable him to get a residence permit or a job. The Captain of Köpenick – review 2013-02-06T15:00:00Z This sort of story, where the outsider—the freak, the oddity, the beast—saw the truth better than anyone around him, moved me. Inspiration Information: 'The Last Illusion' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Wachner, the group’s music director and conductor, didn’t try to paper over the work’s oddities. Wachner, Washington Chorus give powerful performance of ungainly ‘Missa Solemnis’ Rather than mainstreaming the material, he makes it more startling to look at, with deformed creatures and human oddities strutting their scary stuff in the show's opening number, "Come Look at the Freaks." Revivals turn 2 problem-child musicals into something special 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Platonic marriages have been prevalent since marriage became an institution, while marrying for love is more of an oddity in human history, Ms. Conger said. From Best Friends to Platonic Spouses 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Yet the oddity is offset by immaculate craft and sensuous surfaces. Review | In the galleries: Matt Wilt wields a deft hand for his ceramic creations 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z “It is an oddity in our collection,” said Cooper. X-rays reveal hidden secrets of Tudor portraits 2013-01-03T17:44:00Z There are many others who deserve the same second chance that I was given, so I don't want them to look at this as I'm an oddity. Alice Marie Johnson: "I was supposed to draw my last dying breath in prison" 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z “It turned from an oddity into a community.” Cultural Studies: Open Marriage?s New 15 Minutes 2012-02-03T20:37:19Z Drawing on sources ranging from Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s 1934 oddity Crime Without Passion to Jonathan Glazer’s uncategorisable Birth, Prevenge managed to be maniacal and melancholy, creepy and funny – often simultaneously. The female directors bringing new blood to horror films 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z It was an oddity even in Kipling’s time. Taking Another Look at the Author of ‘The White Man’s Burden’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Vaquera, a four-person collective dedicated to hysterical oddity, is one, both shaky in its early days and squarely in the spotlight’s glare. The Top 10 Moments of New York Fashion Week 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Ozkaya’s re-creation is an oddity in the history of responses to Duchamp: not a homage or reinterpretation so much as a vessel for what he suggests is a mind-bending discovery. Now You See Him, Now You Don’t: Duchamp From Beyond the Grave 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The items sit among other oddities that attract customers to the 500-square-foot shop, including a wreath made out of human hair, gas masks and a coffin exhumed from a crime scene. Taxidermy moves from hunting lodges to hipster havens This is more oddity than space: instead of translating Bowie's Kubrick-inspired saga of Major Tom, Italian lyricist Mogol concocted a new tale about a young couple who meet on a mountain. Readers recommend: foreign language versions ? the results 2011-03-10T17:26:30Z The little pinecones were just one of the many oddities that populated my home when I was growing up. Her Party 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Remember the unprecedented wildfires, the catastrophic floods, the heat waves, the bizarrely hot North American January and other oddities? Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z But, for all the disturbance and oddity in “Convenience Store Woman,” the book dares the reader to interpret it as a happy story about a woman who has managed to craft her own “good life.” Sayaka Murata’s Eerie “Convenience Store Woman” Is a Love Story Between a Misfit and a Store 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z It also gave us access to a number of interesting fictions, notably the number of excellent crime films that were being made around that era, including oddities like Donald Cammell's Performance. Alan Moore: an extraordinary gentleman ? Q&A 2011-07-25T12:47:07Z It's quickly apparent that Morrissey's wit, articulacy and all-round smartness is always going to mark him out as an oddity in the music business. Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z The stage is plenty large, with lots of room for exciting flying entrances and exits, but another oddity is that the vast majority of viewers watches on video screens. Gustavo Dudamel gives Misty Copeland the royal treatment in the Hollywood Bowl's classical opener 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Part dive bar, part museum of oddities, “Bobby’s place” is run by the Greenwood Ridge fire chief Bob Beacon in a back room of his remote fire station. 36 Hours: 36 Hours on the Mendocino Coast 2011-09-01T21:16:02Z These “oddities” included tomatoes, peppers, okra, squash, eggplant and lima beans — now about as mainstream as a veggie plot gets in Virginia. A model of modern sustainable agriculture – with a nudge from Thomas Jefferson 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Today, its owners tout the oddity as “a place where you can order a beer in Belgium and go to the loo in the Netherlands.” Photographer Roger Eberhard’s “Human Territoriality” is a rumination on human borders 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Despite its reputation as a historical oddity, Prohibition was another development in the growing power of the American state in the early 20th century, she argues. Stocking filler 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Other oddities come from the characters, many of whom navigate their way through the story as if asleep and uncertain whether they will like what they find if they wake up. Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’ 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z One of the oddities of her work, in this show, is that her images are so strong while her gestures, in themselves, are weirdly inarticulate. De Kooning exhibit highlights tension between portraiture, abstraction 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Two of them are rarely heard, and another is a genuine oddity. Franck: Pr?lude, Choral et Fugue; Les Djinns; Variations Symphoniques; etc 2010-05-06T21:30:00Z Extras also deliver, with all of Lynch's short films, plenty of deleted scenes and interviews and a slew of tests and oddities such as his brutally funny cartoon series Dumbland. This week's new DVD and Blu-ray 2012-06-01T23:05:53Z “Chalk and Soot” feels stretched thin; beyond frippery, what’s wanting is real oddity. ‘Chalk and Soot’ in White Light Festival 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z But like all good regulars, I'd claim this small oddity proudly; this is, after all, my bar. The only sugar-rimmed margarita worth drinking 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z After long touring around one album, Foster the People was still not offering new material, except for one oddity. Music Review: Foster the People at Rumsey Playfield 2012-05-30T22:30:07Z Whether Nashville singer Branan goes strange with the perennial Prince oddity "Under the Cherry Moon" won't be known until Saturday, but given the song, it's a record to chase. Record Store Day 2015: 10 of the oddest records to chase at the shops 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z “Would It Kill You” is well stocked with similar oddities and anecdotes culled from Mr. Alford’s research into the subject, as well as from random chats with friends and acquaintances. Books of The Times: ?Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That?? ? By Henry Alford ? Review 2012-01-03T22:29:05Z I was falling into the trap of substituting the patterned oddities of poetry for the dire incoherences of dementia, looking for lyricism by default. Maps of the mind: The Lion's Face 2010-05-25T20:46:00Z There's the basic oddity of the presentation, for a start – Barker indents paragraphs and direct speech seemingly at random, yet those indentations are very much deliberate. The Yips by Nicola Barker - review 2012-07-18T07:00:03Z Then there is the run of a library full of wonders: obscure medical texts, maps, local lore and gruesome oddities. Annie Proulx 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z For every space oddity wired differently from other mortals, however, there are many faux fruitcakes deranged more by the application of drugs than the perturbations of their talent. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Before Today 2010-05-30T10:20:00Z On the screen, delivered with verve by the actor Jeffrey Wright, it reaches even greater heights of both oddity and emotion. Watch Jeffrey Wright Give a Rousing Speech in ‘Asteroid City’ 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z An oddity of the performance was that the physically slight actor looked huge and muscular on stage, twice the size that he now seems as he sits in a vegetarian restaurant in London. Mark Rylance: 'It's all about the attitude' 2010-06-15T20:30:00Z Find a cultural oddity to exploit for laughs. No Hats, No Trainers 2010-07-17T05:45:00Z There are also a few other oddities from the collection of Mr. Gowin and his wife, Edith, who is such a continuous presence in his work as to be nearly his collaborator. Review: Emmet Gowin’s Poignant Pairings at the Morgan Library 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The wonders of digestion are a launching point for Roach to explore all sorts of oddities. Book provides an entertaining look at digestion 2013-04-01T14:58:10Z Yet, he added, “the interest and the oddity of the verdict remain.” What Happened to One of Classical Music’s Most Popular Pieces? 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The search for these oddities gave her a way to enter strange places on her own terms. | Sentimental Journey 2014-03-21T21:21:20Z Moving from an abandoned housing project to the companionable din of a punk-saturated basement, “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” is a kitschy, spaced-out oddity. Review: An Alien Teaches a Teenage Punk ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z If you’ve lived with a border collie, watching for signs of abnormal behavior is futile; they are a bundle of oddities, quirks and obsessions. Perspective | A rabies scare gave me a crash course in how to stay sane 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z This little erotic lyric is an oddity in his work, and yet it seems to possess, in miniature, the rhythmic drive and flexibility which make "The Hound Of Heaven" memorable on its more ambitious scale. Poem of the week: An Arab Love-Song by Francis Thompson 2012-12-17T10:52:15Z Then, abruptly, the “magic lantern show of colored oddities” fades, and she finds herself back in a “black-wall country without form or substance,” the place where she landed “as the lights went out.” Books of The Times: ‘Hallucinations,’ by Oliver Sacks 2012-11-26T22:26:01Z It earned him another Emmy nomination and reasserted his dedication to glorious oddity, weirdness and humor. Through Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens reminded Gen X to stay true to our immature inner children 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z In a betting oddity, five games featured home underdogs. Pac-12 rewind: Oregon rolls as USC, Washington escape to set up Nov. 4 showdown 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z This city’s streets have long been thick with oddities and novelties and hustlers, a nonstop series of one-acts and one-offs, Elmos and exotic animals too numerous to stop and watch. Among New York’s sidewalk sideshows, 2 goats and a story of despair 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z The oddity of all this was that there was this idea that documentary by just the very fact that it was made was truthful. Q&A: Errol Morris on his John le Carré documentary ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z As ringmaster, he introduces plenty of suffering oddities as well as cannibal clowns looking for fresh meat and victims’ souls. Universal Orlando’s ‘Halloween Horror Nights’ 2023: Best haunted mazes review and tips for a visit 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z But García remains an ardent advocate for making backward talk more than a linguistic oddity. People Who Speak Backward Reveal the Brain’s Endless Ability to Play with Language 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z |
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