10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERSERIOUS»
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overserious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Isaac Kaufman Funk, William Seaver Woods, 1911
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Everynight Life: Culture and Dance in Latin/o America
But wait— this is not just another gathering of overserious academics. This is a
conference about dancing. Latin American dancing. Sure, there will be some
sociopolitical analysis of the lambada, salsa and merengue— four conference ...
Celeste Fraser Delgado, José Esteban Muñoz, 1997
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Myth and Creative Writing: The Self-Renewing Song
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Organizational Ethnography: Studying the Complexity of ...
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Sierk Ybema, Dvora Yanow, Harry Wels, 2009
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Understanding Prophetic People: Blessings and Problems with ...
Overserious about Life in General Prophetic people are often overserious about
life and themselves and may have real difficulty just laughing and playing. Some
discover their callings late in life, having had no inkling beforehand, but many ...
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feeling that chamber-music—of which the string quartet furnishes the most
common form—is a boresome, overserious sort of hocus-pocus. This is not our
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... that seemed tied to my own experiences. Many of the books I loved best and
read most during my childhood were narrated by darkhaired, overserious young
women who struggled with jealous love of their exuberant, golden-haired sisters.
It is a welcome relief and relaxation from anything overserious and taxing; so in
drama the tension of the tragic, heroic, didactic, or sentimental is likely to be
broken by intervals of appeal to the sense of fun and laughter. The contrasting
parts ...
Ashley H. Thorndike, 1975
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American Literature: Essays and Opinions
The final couple of this novel, Una and Walter Babson, is the usual couple from
the idylls; and just as Una is the usual desperate and overserious seeker after
freedom in a new order, so Walter is the usual individual impatient with his job, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERSERIOUS»
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overserious is used in the context of the following news items.
Is True Detective Trolling Us? The Case For This Summers …
... arbitrary, and so everything unfolds in a state of mass confusion, adherent more to its nervously overserious tone than to any sense of plot. «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
We Want You To Watch at NT: Temporary Theatre, SE1
How do you stage an artful yet heartfelt critique of pornography that doesn't come across as censorious, overserious or obvious? It's a problem ... «The Times, Jun 15»
And So I Watch You From Afar: Heirs
Even without the immense impact the music tireless aims for, Heirs is a solidly fun and frantic album, a rarity for the stuffy, overserious post-rock ... «PopMatters, May 15»
2 Iowans on a river adventure to define their lives
The next day they will gently mock overserious tree-hugging hippies by imitating one with their best Cali accent — "Man, we ARE the river.". «DesMoinesRegister.com, May 15»
Nigerian Pres Svengali Tied to Heroin
... arbitrary, and so everything unfolds in a state of mass confusion, adherent more to its nervously overserious tone than to any sense of plot. «Daily Beast, Apr 15»
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Musa's frequent binges during that period, the scent floating in the air, his proud smile when he ran into his friends, their overserious, almost ... «The New Yorker, Mar 15»
How Leonard Nimoy Created an Alien Who Embodied the Best of …
... is larded with everything that earns the show so much ribbing from its detractors—silly effects, portentous pauses, overserious treatment of its ... «Adweek, Feb 15»
Cheering fans applaud, although not for long
The overserious mantle has been passed to bicycle riders. Not most of them, but the activist ones, who find grievances everywhere — and who ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Feb 15»
'Ten Thousand Saints': Sundance Review
The Bottom Line. A sensitive but not overserious coming-of-age pic with a strong sense of place. Venue. Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jan 15»
'Reeling Through Life' and 'Silver Screen Fiend'
“Does anyone act more like an overserious senior citizen with time running out on their chance for immortality than someone in their 20s? «New York Times, Jan 15»
