"Ghost Lovers," directed by Chen Shi-Zheng and starring Qian Yi as a lovely and seductive ghost, provides a sweet introduction to Chinese opera, almost a kind of Cliffs Notes for those who didn't see Mr. Chen and Ms. Qian's previous collaboration, "The Peony Pavilion," at the Lincoln Center Festival in 1999.
But, after the sweet introduction to Gizmo - the second the Gremlins appeared (or didn't - I bolted after the science teachers gets it), I bolted the theater in tears.
Last week at the 2011 Scream Awards things felt more romantic than horrific thanks Colin Farrell's sweet introduction for Robert Downey Jr. Farrell, who will star in the upcoming "Total Recall" remake, began his his speech by saying "When I think of a hero, I think of one name.
Our favorite child-friendly audio "Odyssey" is retold by Mary Pope Osborne (the author of the "Magic Tree House" series), whose sweet-voiced introductions give the weird and distant world of ancient Greece the here-and-now feel of a fairy tale.
Rodents, for example, do not taste aspartame and intensively sweet proteins, whereas introduction of the human receptor into a mouse can give rise to recognition of these as specific taste signals.
The best Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Peranakan, Thai or Vietnamese dishes have carefully measured sweetness levels, and the introduction of sweet wines at the dining table would detract from the integrity and balance of the dish.
The company's mission to alleviate the struggle of moving your home just got that much sweeter, with the introduction of an iPhone app.
"There are bound to be thickheads who will wonder why some of it doesn't make sense, and others who will search for hidden meanings," said Paul McCartney in his own brief (but also sweet and well-written) introduction, but I think that, as a kind of automatic writing, it does betray something of Lennon's internal state, however self-protectively offhand it looks at first sight.
The timing of the introduction of the sweet potato into Papua New Guinea is a matter of debate.
He then reappears at the end in more normal attire, strumming the well-known introduction to "My Sweet Lord" on an acoustic guitar, and backed by the house band; instead of continuing with the song, Harrison finally takes his chance to play "Pirate Bob" by abruptly segueing into a sea shanty – to the horror of the "greasy" compère, played by Idle.
The old-fashioned fruit is also enjoying a revival as a result of the introduction of much sweeter "snacking" varieties, eaten straight from the punnet, which have more appeal to consumers.
