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...focuses on Alan's spiritual and sexual obsession with Equus. While it leaves Alan confused and alienated, it also allows him to "gallop"--a visual representation of his freedom and complete independence. Martin grows to envy Alan's free spirit because his own life is structured, safe, boring and devoid of any romantic or sexual stimulus. He debates with himself whether he ought to take away the "gallop" from Alan and give him a life...
...Celtics have long been criticized for the severe dearth of Black fans in their stands. And some Boston streets, scholars say, are as devoid of Black faces are the city's sports arenas...
...speaking, spinning and strategizing with as much force as the candidate. When the networks broadcast the Super Tuesday victory celebration at the Chicago Hilton, Hillary Clinton introduced her husband at speech length. She knows the latest take on the GATT talks and Israeli loan guarantees. Her appearances are so devoid of the life-style fluff local papers thrive on that one reporter jokingly complained about "substance abuse...
Disappointingly, the book does not even fulfill the reader's appetite for lurid details since each woman's tale of woe is told in the third person by Chellis' squeaky clean narration. As a result, the portrayals are bland and devoid of detail. Each woman's personal voice is lost amidst Chellis' smug and patronizing commentary...
Another science fiction story set in a futuristic wasteland devoid of morals and any sort of acceptable ecology. The story starts off well and then descends in a spiral of miserable chase scenes. Mick Jagger is surprisingly good while Emilio Estevez is mediocre. Anthony Hopkins is also present here, in his first role since his wonderfully chilling portrayal of Hannibal Lechter in Silence of the Lambs...