On Tuesday night the latest of Mr. Eaton's pocket operas, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," a strangely involving work based on a 1922 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was presented by the Pocket Opera Players at Symphony Space.
Strangely, that involved surrounding myself with the threat of death.
Strangely, everybody involved, including Coen and Santiago, seem to prefer the chicken cracklings.
After catching for eight innings, Piazza fielded practice throws from his infielders and stared at his first baseman's glove strangely before being involved in all three plays in the top of the ninth.
Strangely, both also involved popular restaurant chains specializing in family-friendly brunches.
Very quickly everyone involved grows strangely comfortable.
Similar biases make us behave strangely where risk is involved, too: if forced to choose between being given £500 for certain, or a 50% chance of winning £1,000, most of us will opt for the sure thing.
It was strangely gripping; without involving touch, Ms. de Chaillé created a heightened sense of awareness between two bodies.
People defend their favorite pit as passionately as a homeland (ask any Gates fiend about Bryant's), and chefs guard their secret recipes (which tend to involve strangely commonplace ingredients like A.1. Steak Sauce or red-wine vinegar or margarine) with a paranoia worthy of Coca-Cola or K.F.C.
Will your cocktail be dispensed out of a machine the way that the ones you (or more likely your parents) used to get at Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace on a false ID? Yes, except instead of a Pina Colada, you will be drinking a Kiki Fantana — a strangely delicious thing involving gin, vermouth and house-made strawberry cream soda.
