Word: entertainers
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...inflame, to increase their own popularity.” For this reason, Cook says he isn’t ready to move on to a different subject. “The whole reason I got into writing fiction is that I got this idea that fiction could not only entertain but also carry some information that could hopefully help people make up their minds on some sort of public policy,” he says...
Memo to Bin Laden: blame the Greeks! When the time comes to write the latest Afghan war's chronicles, one question will surely entertain historians. About 120,000 Soviet troops couldn't win victory there in 10 years, but a relative handful of Western soldiers took only a few weeks and a few Western casualties to wrest control of the country from the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. How come...
...Astaire had biceps? Was there even a body inside those elegant clothes? If there was, it Astaire seemed relaxed; Kelly?s body was tense, like an Olympic skater planning the big jump and knowing how much was at stake, how much to be lost. Astaire, who never appeared to entertain the possibility that he could lose, had a magnificent diffidence, polar opposite to the neediness Kelly suggested. Gene?s trademark - the outstretched arms, grasping for a connection with the little people out there in the dark - hinted at the overachieving of a fellow who begged, demanded to be loved...
...parent sending three daughters to camp, I'm envious of Heather Hill's commitment to a laid-back summer. "At camp, your day is planned for you," says Fortunata Kusik. "My kids have to learn to entertain themselves...
...first act, a peasant couple entertain local nobility. The wife, portrayed by Sarah Lamb, must perform a series of difficult, technical maneuvers: She hops across the stage en pointe while performing a ronde de jambe. Such flawless, joyful execution is simply awe-inspiring...