Word: absorbable
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Director Phillip Noyce deserves credit for the easy confidence of his pace, his quick way with the telling detail. In this movie, unlike some others one might name, the lies ring true, and, at least for the length of its running time, absorb you in a conscientiously constructed fictional world...
...children with ADHD, a ticking clock or sounds and sights caught through a window can drown out a teacher's voice, although an intriguing project can absorb them for hours. Such children act before thinking; they blurt out answers in class. They enrage peers with an inability to wait their turn or play by the rules. These are the kids no one wants at a birthday party...
...they supported Pearl Jam's cause. Says Kelly Curtis, Pearl Jam's manager: "All the band wants to do is to be able to tour with a cheap ticket price." While the dispute with Ticketmaster amounted to less than $1 a ticket, though, the band was not offering to absorb the cost. Said Rosen: "We ought to change our name to Targetmaster...
...Marriage of Figaro, Christie got his wish. The theater is handsome without being ostentatious. The interior is stark, but the warm pine walls save it from being dreary, impeccable modern. According to acoustician Derek Sugden, "Wood can be death unless it's stiff and thick. A softer grain will absorb low frequencies, which means there can be no richness in the sound." He and the Hopkinses decided to use pitch pine left around from Victorian warehouses. Waxed, it has a rosy glow. The modified horseshoe design solves the intimacy problem. Says soprano Alison Hagley, who plays Susanna in Figaro...
...maneuvered for a deal, it appeared likely that the Chicago pol would have to resign either way. House Democrats began discounting the blow to the health-care plan. "We hope Danny will be all right," said Representative John Dingell of Michigan. "But the House has lots of ability to absorb impact. The system will go forward." However, sensing Democratic weakness, Republican legislators have been emboldened to take a harder line in the health-care debate and appear to have weakened Clinton's insistence on employer mandates to guarantee universal coverage. Instead, any mandate is likely to be voluntary at first...