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...inspired shows. The directive says contests should contribute to "constructing a harmonious socialist society ... [They] must not make a hubbub about things as they please and must avoid creating stars." These restrictions may or may not prevent Super Girl from securing permission to air, but they're certain to cramp the show's style...
...dispel doubts about her political future. "Dear Friend," it read, "I feel great! . . . We are about 30 days behind schedule in our fund raising . . ." The note looked as if it had been handwritten, yet if Hawkins had personally scribbled all 40,000 letters that went out, terminal writer's cramp would have set in. In fact, the note was run through a high-tech copier that duplicates the script...
...golfers, take heart! Mayo Clinic scientists are chipping away at the mysterious root of the yips--those involuntary twitches of the hand or wrist that defeat putts and crush spirits. A new study suggests that the yips are a task-specific movement disorder, like writer's or musician's cramp. But, unfortunately, there's still no cure...
Check for loose books. A falling copy of Miss Manners can really cramp your style...
...Provok’d Wife is a comedy, after all, and at the end even this villain has his moments of sympathy. In the end, Brute saves the lovers from a disastrous misunderstanding with his appeal for simple communication. “Your people of wit have got such cramp ways of expressing themselves, they seldom comprehend one another. Pox take you both, will you speak in the language of common sense, that you may be understood...