Word: cavortings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuban refugees cavort happily on the beach in a scene reminiscent of a Club Med. They have good reason to celebrate: soon they will be flying off to freedom in the U.S. Meanwhile, less than a mile away, more than 200 Haitian children lounge listlessly under drab green tents, seeking refuge from the harsh midday sun. Camp Nine, their home since last June, is a desolate patch of cactus-filled desert where the only sign of life is an occasional banana rat or iguana. A fence encircles the camp, which is guarded by American soldiers...
...wonderful New England weather we've been experiencing lately has forced assorted nymphs and satyrs out of hiding, encouraging them to cavort in public. So although I've put romance on my "to-do" list for 1998 and not a moment before, faced with this amatory outbreak, aided and abetted by the media, I've had no choice--as a pundit who aspires to be above all, relevant--but to consider contemporary romantic relationships...
...jewel in the crown that is this collection is "SantaLand Diaries," the closing essay. The piece recounts Sedaris' stint working as an elf at Macy's SantaLand. From his weeks wandering the candy cane-lined mazes of SantaLand and pretending to cavort with mechanical penguins, Sedaris has defracted a chilling portrait of that dark region of the New York shopper's soul which emerges at Christmas. His eye is merciless and this memoir reads like stand-up Dante. Sedaris has seen what most of us choose not to, and we should be grateful for his act of witness...
Romance novels, for those who've never ventured beyond their metallic-relief covers, depict a life unknowable to most women. It is a life in which bemuscled, race-car-driving aristocrats pursue glamorous heroines and in which couples with little need for frequent-flyer mileage cavort from grand Euro- capital to grand Euro-capital, proving that love blossoms best in those cities where a branch of Cartier may be found...
Edina is a fashion publicist -- and fashion victim -- a single mom trying to cope with a teen-age daughter. Patsy, Edina's best friend, is a fashion editor, a stylish bachelorette perpetually seeking a good time. Edina and Patsy shop, vacation and cavort together. And, oh, yes, they sleep around, curse, drink to excess and smoke cigarettes and dope. Lucy and Ethel gone awry, Edina and Patsy are the main characters in Absolutely Fabulous, a wildly successful British sitcom about to make its U.S. debut. Beginning with a 12- episode marathon this Sunday (with weekly reruns of each episode), AbFab...