Word: albatross
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...back in 1870, but restraint is a word unknown to Sackler. Jefferson refuses a standing offer to take a dive for a white champ in order to cancel out his previous "crimes." In a final Meaningful Act, he even rejects his beloved Eleanor, whom he suddenly sees as an albatross. In a scene that would shame Harriet Beecher Stowe, Eleanor's drowned body is brought onstage, and the broken Jefferson capitulates...
...More than twice as long as that of the largest contemporary bird, the albatross...
...counts to ten and talks about sleep in a sing song voice: "ONE You-feel-very-relaxed TWO You-are-fall-ing-to-sleep THREE ..." As he reaches the higher numbers, he begins to do a weird little dance, waving his arms like an albatross taking off, and lapsing into a chant: " Dee -perr and dee -perr...
...undergraduates. I have seen it happen several times in the past decade at Harvard, and there is no particular reason that the supercouncil should be expected to have a better fate. However, if it is supported financially independently of its constituents' immediate feelings, it could prove to be an albatross...
Jory's boldness has its perils, and once or twice he gets burned. With so much on Porter's stage command, the play sags whenever he is off. A long first scene of the second act, despite its deliniation of Helena's predatory habits, is a real albatross to this production...