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...show, or to keep theatrical institution Selsdon Mowbray on the wagon. Selsdon is the old dog who keeps a step ahead of the company, despite his intermittent deafness and propensity for napping. Ian Lithgow as Selsdon is yet another solid cast member as the troupe's elderly bane and balm. His Selsdon is undeniably aged, while carrying the confidence of endless theatrical experience on his stooped shoulders...
...pass, another year will go by and the time for revelry will come again. when it does, you'll be able to find me on St. Charles Ave.., precariously perched on someone's shoulders, smiling a big smile and holding out my hands for some beads. Mardi Gras is balm for the soul...
...Anderson's optimism was not matched by the state of the art, and in 1981, discouraged by the lack of a reliable technique for inserting genes into the nuclei of mammalian cells, he temporarily abandoned gene therapy, turning to other research. As balm for his disappointment, he relentlessly practiced the Korean martial art Tae Kwon Do, won a fourth-degree black belt and was eventually appointed team physician for the U.S. Tae Kwon Do squad at the Seoul Olympics...
Lastly, flowers give that final holiday touch to any home; for a thousand dollars, why not invest in 250 poinsetta stems (they may have multiple blooms), or 500 boxes of mistletoe (if you go with this option, consider 115 ounces of the Body Shop's Kiwi lip balm, 1440 Mass. Ave.), 166.66 pounds of holly or 50 Christmas trees, all from the Brattle Square Florists, 31 Brattle Street...
...alone. Not since Satan tackled Eve has somebody gone after a person as hard as he'll go after you"), through the Depression and into World War II, Gibbons paints this medicine woman in colors as pungent as mashed garlic, as envigorating as sarsaparilla, and as soothing as lemon-balm tea. The charm for the reader is that there is still such a thriving population of Southern women left in the author's well-healed imagination...