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...characters are cartoonish, but they are played with a great deal comedic prowess. The standout is the prosecuting attorney, outrageously played by Paul Siemens. Loud, obnoxious, and similar to William Jennings Bryant in his legal style, Siemens overwhelms everyone on stage as he assassinates Zed's character. The bland, short-skirted defense attorney (Emmy Cattani) never had a chance, in legalese or stage presence...
...problem for Lugar is that he may not be heard in the din of a campaign. A cheerful man, he is popular with his Senate colleagues and at home-he won a fourth term in November with 67% of the vote. Nevertheless, he comes across as stiff and bland, with sentences as perfectly clipped as his hair and nails. But his solid, serious nature could serve to distinguish him. An eat-your-spinach campaign helped Paul Tsongas win New Hampshire in 1992; if voters want no-frills straight talk from their politicians, Lugar may be their...
...three main characters are roommates who could be the three Musketeers, except that their motto is simply, "All for one." David (Christopher Eccleston), a bland accountant, Alex (Ewan McGregor), a cocky journalist, and Juliet (Kerry Fox), a frosty doctor, all live together in a flat in urban Scotland...
...crisis-hardened Venezuelans, the bland government announcement last month was a sure sign that something unpleasant was about to happen. ``At the moment, the government is not examining the nationalization of these institutions,'' declared Deputy Finance Minister Luis Xavier Grisanti, referring to three troubled banks that the authorities were trying to nurse back to health. Sure enough, two weeks ago, the banks--Banco Italo-Venezolano, Banco Profesional and Banco Principal--were declared insolvent, and the government took them over, assuming $330 million in bad debt...
Katy Gibb is one of the better comic creations to come along in recent fiction, a moody, slovenly girl whose main weapon in life's wars is a brazen will. Bland, a decent soul at sea without his job, never does learn how she found out that the apartment across the hall from his was vacant during the tenants' vacation. She makes it her squat and him her quarry. Her national origin is never clear, nor does her array of vowel sounds provide much of a hint. But her spiritual roots are in California. She claims to be adept...