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...consequences of this failure can be serious. In the early years of life, imitation is one of a child's most powerful tools for learning. It is through imitation that children learn to mouth their first words and master the rich nonverbal language of body posture and facial expression. In this way, Meltzoff says, children learn that drooping shoulders equal sadness or physical exhaustion and that twinkling eyes mean happiness or perhaps mischievousness...
...band’s facial hair, chops and slouches are reminiscent of the Strokes, but there all fruitful comparison ends. While the Strokes are discontented and hoarse and definitively tied to the New York sound of predecessors The Ramones and The Velvet Underground, BRMC are brooding and intense, hoarse only when it suits them. Though only drummer Nick Jago is from Britain, the band has an undeniably British sound, with a self-conscious tip of the hat to the Stone Roses. “Rifles” had more pretensions than the Strokes could muster, sounding a little like...
...this a problem? Not enough to discourage Botox enthusiasts. In Hollywood, however, the treatments are so popular that some directors complain that their leading actors can no longer convincingly perform a full range of facial expressions. The good news is that even if there's a little accident, Botox wears off after a while (which also means you have to go back every six months, at up to $500 per treatment). Slipups are pretty rare, however, as long as you go to someone who knows what he or she is doing...
With his hopeless hairpiece, polyester white jacket and dazed facial expression, Traficant cut quite a figure. To take the photo, Traficant decided that I should say “Monica” or “leotard” instead of the standard “cheese” and, with typical belligerence, declared that my dysfunctional camera was the result of faulty Chinese craftsmanship. (I owned a Kodak disposable.) As the shutter clicked, the U.S. Congressman put me in a half-Nelson...
Though the acting is amusing and generally consistent throughout the performance (despite the sometimes overzealous facial expressions of the Rapturous Maids), the singing from most of the rest of the company remains a weak spot. At times the performers’ voices are nearly drowned out by the orchestra and, at others, breathiness and forced vibratos and undermine the energy of scenes...