To this pianist's virtues in more standard repertory -- a wonderful suppleness, freedom and fluidity -- are added the curiosity of a relative outsider and a fresh sense of adventure in ornamentation and such matters.
Neatly symmetrical, the concert began and ended with canonical Beethoven, with interesting curiosities by Mendelssohn and Bloch and a relative rarity, George Crumb's "Apparition," among them.
"I've gotten better," he said as friends, relatives and curiosity seekers applauded.
The name change became a point of curiosity to friends and relatives back home in Louisiana, who still hadn't adjusted to hearing him called Pete.
She noted in her book on adolescence that humans' closest genetic relative, the chimpanzee, loses curiosity at 5 or 6, but that humans continue exploring, investigating and inventing until the onset of senility.
Her curiosity is given further weight when relatives (it later transpires it is her son) call and express concerns.
Despite citing curiosity as a reason for testing, relatives expected their provider to interpret the results and make healthcare recommendations based on their test results.
In some ways, Ms. O'Donnell is a case study in how a relative unknown can ride a curiosity factor, media wave and a political movement to overnight celebrity.
A useful feature for analysis of trial data is the "curiosity plot," a pseudocolored heatmap showing the relative frequency of occupancy for each position in the dish.
She traveled partly to improve her health (she drank and bathed at every available watering place) and partly to visit her relatives, but mainly out of sheer curiosity.
