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...sure, Beck did seem a bit disinterested at times. But maybe that’s not the right word. He was comfortable. It all seemed effortless for him. He let Faulkner do the ridiculous stuff, and conserved his energy for transcendent moments like the breakdown in the middle of “Where It’s At,” during which his eyes focused, and he informed us that he was “gonna count it down, and then we’re gonna jump.” Four. Three. Two. One. And thousands were airborne...
...drawl, Ashley is a woman satisfied because she fully understands everything in the world around her, and happy because she understands just a little bit more (her favorite animal is, she exclaims matter-of-factly, the lemur). And when a long-foreshadowed tragedy strikes, she gives a 10-hanky breakdown as spiritual questioning comes crashing into her carefully structured worldview. Runners-up: hormones gone wild in the “Half-Blood Prince,” Jeremy Piven’s scenery devouring on “Entourage,” and Sara Ramirez pushing her diaphragm...
...ingrained cultural attitude à la Max Weber’s “Protestant Ethic,” or maybe social pressures are demanding we maintain an ever-escalating lifestyle. Betrand Russell once commented that “one of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” Perhaps we’re all just going crazy...
...that pressure builds up and you have a breakdown. Some choose to handle this by suicide. The best way to handle a breakdown is to go to a room and just...
...well as abroad, over Reagan's unyielding commitment to SDI. To many Americans, the entire Soviet ploy in Iceland might seem to be a setup, one that would give the Kremlin powerful propaganda ammunition in its current "peace crusade." Gorbachev was quick to blame the U.S. for the breakdown. Said he Sunday night: "Let America think. We are waiting. We are not withdrawing the proposals we have made...