Word: acrobatic
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Technology may define the show but does not dominate it; O swims and soars to its own uniquely beguiling rhythm. The individual acts summon innocent gasps from the crowd. How can one acrobat hang so gracefully from another when the two are attached only by their feet? How can one trapeze artist catch another when their apparatus, a ghostly pirate ship in midair, is rocking so vigorously? How does a little princess balance on her head while her trapeze bar revolves high over the pool? And that fellow reading a newspaper--doesn't he realize that his hat, shoes, pants...
Ever since he first pulled on Patriots colors last summer, Glenn has been causing more than a few defensive backs to consider other lines of work. His hands are as sticky as a bank teller's. He has an acrobat's balance and explosive acceleration to boot, making him all but impossible to run down when he snags the ball. He also has a way of rising to an occasion: during the Pats' playoff-clinching 34-10 victory over the Jets last December he made seven catches. If all this sounds more like a mature player than a rookie...
...wasn't an acrobat, but she wasn't a dead fish either." --Dennis Rodman on Madonna in his autobiography...
Punctuating the chaos are three fine acrobat acts, in the Cirque du Soleil mode, of which trapezist Helene Turcotte, a muscular beauty, is the champion enthraller. But these oases of grace only underline the frenetic naivete of the rest of Pomp Duck. After 3 1/2 hours of the chef chasing the chanteuse, visitors rush out to inhale that acrid New York air as if it were attar of roses. Even Hell's Kitchen is preferable to hell's kitsch...
...York Times is planning to go on-line this fall at http://www.nytimes.com and currently puts up the eight-page Times Fax at http://www.nytimesfax.com, albeit in Adobe Acrobat, a format somewhat awkward to download and read...