Word: beg
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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None of the songs on Spice, from the slumberous ballad 2 Become 1 to the bass-heavy party jam Something Kinda Funny, come across as deeply felt; they all seem designed to amuse, titillate, ingratiate. Members of the group, however, beg to differ. "We don't try to please anybody," says Mel C. "What we're doing is what we want to do, what we really enjoy, and if people are receptive to it, then that's brilliant." The girls say there are positive themes in their peppy tunes. For example, Wannabe declares that friendships are more important than love...
...fatness of these pursy times/ Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg," says Hamlet to Gertrude. Pursy means short-winded, in poor condition...
...Kerri Strug, 19. Considered a senior citizen in the rather precious world of gymnastics, the tiny Olympian displayed courage not usually associated with high school seniors. Indeed, a replay of her dash down the ramp on a badly sprained left ankle should be shown to those prima donnas who beg out of the lineup because of the slightest twinge. Let the pro who doesn't want to play on a particular day watch a tape of Strug doing her Yurchenko 1 1/2 vault, nailing her landing and then keeping her balance as she pivots to the judges on one foot...
...being given an especially big push to coincide with its video release because Disney--this may surprise anyone who's visited a Disney store in the past year--felt it had underestimated the marketing possibilities when the film was released in theaters last fall. So children can now beg for real toys based on semi-satiric fake toys, a postmodernish irony probably neither they nor their parents will appreciate...
...neither James nor Everett has ever watched Saturday-morning cartoons. "This is family time," explains Everett's mom Priscilla Glover, "one of the few times during the week we can all be together. Everett knows he can watch the Disney Channel whenever he wants, so he doesn't beg to glue himself to the TV on the weekends. He doesn't even know what he is missing...