Word: bathtubful
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...thousand years ago, Trojan War victor Agamemnon died of stab wounds in his bathtub. That his wife killed him wasn't the worst part. His glorious reputation tarnished by accusations of adultery and human sacrifice, the supreme allied commander kicked off without getting the chance to redeem his former glories in the eyes of the judgmental Argives...
...dignity and subsequent inability to inspire or lead the people. In the name of "the people's right to know" or "checks on government power," the dignity of a candidate is demolished by questions about his third cousin's sex life, sophomoric satires and photos of him in the bathtub with his rubber duckie...
...would rather see his neighbor's extra pig slaughtered than raise a second one of his own. Such crude but firmly ingrained egalitarian ideas predate communism. They help explain why the average Russian is so suspicious of the new breed of street entrepreneur who hawks everything from bathtub fixtures to brassieres on city sidewalks. He welcomes the sudden abundance, but he thinks it is extremely unfair that someone should make a living by buying scarce goods and reselling them at prices most people cannot afford...
...that your paper has yet to review the production of Caryl Churchill's "Cloud 9" that is presently playing at the Loeb Experimental Theater in Cambridge. Since your paper has reviewed other, far less professional productions by the Harvard Summer Theater Program such as a recent production of "The Bathtub," I find it inexplicable that you have overlooked this wonderful piece of theater. "Cloud 9" is not only an entertaining play; it is an important play as well. Churchill's feminist representation of gender roles and the politics of sex is just as relevant to the greater Boston area...
...whole, The Bathtub is an entertaining piece of work, only occasionally marred by tiresome moralism and absurdity that is pretentious rather than humorous. Even those who find its message too simplistic can enjoy it for its witty lines and fine acting...