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...book's success lies in its deft melding of high-mindedness and raunch?nothing like knowing that your penchant for outdoor sex is due to your binding zodiacal link to Dionysus, the orgiastic Greek god of wine. As Cox says, "What [readers] didn't expect were the smarty bits; they just expected the unzipped stuff, not the smarty pants themselves. Pop, but also classic, high...
...startling erotic truths about the characters, about us, without so much as a spangled breast. It can talk about sex and, in Closer, talk brilliantly. What's surprising is that some of the finest movie sex talk has been in films by Nichols, a man originally renowned for his deft comic touch, first in the funny, painful sketches he wrote and performed with Elaine May, then as a director of Neil Simon plays on Broadway...
...book. In France, even without a French translation, the Parisian style and design boutique Colette sells about 300 copies a month. "The laughter, the pleasure of discovering what people read is very visible and very immediate," says Colette spokesman Guillaume Salmon. The book's success lies in its deft melding of high-mindedness and raunch - nothing like knowing that your penchant for outdoor sex is due to your binding zodiacal link to Dionysus, the orgiastic Greek god of wine. As Cox says, "What [readers] didn't expect were the smarty bits; they just expected the unzipped stuff, not the smarty...
...next U.S. Administration, handling Afghanistan and Pakistan will require the deft touch of a demolition expert faced with a ticking bomb. In both countries, Washington is gambling on the survival of its chosen favorites?Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf. But this strategy has its risks; both leaders have been the targets of assassins, and there is a shortage of second-string choices suitable to Washington if either Karzai or Musharraf are killed...
...last week’s, “The Rite Words in the Rote Order: Poetry in a Life,” breathless first-years and English-department luminaries alike were captivated by Heaney’s deft weaving of lighthearted anecdotes with serious exploration of poetry’s role in the everyday...