Word: fleshed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...game of golf or tennis or jog or swim which fell prey to the arrows of the pies and mixed drinks and steakfat which had contributed to his arteriosclerosis. Just an ordinary coronary, an occluded good bye. Without a chance to ask what he might have done to give flesh to his dreams, the old boy asks when was the boat missed? The brass ring dismissed? The answer lies open for him to see if he can, before the stern challenge issued by the mystic power of language: Speak the truth...
...upcoming show in Las Vegas, Ann-Margret will ride onstage on a Harley, wearing a jumpsuit, accompanied by a chorus squad of motorcyclists. At the end of the scene she will unzip the sirensuit, revealing herself in a flesh-colored body stocking, before climbing into a high-necked, bead-studded sheath. Offstage, the pneumatic star claims to prefer cover-up clothes. Still, when she showed up in Manhattan last week at Warlock Rex Reed's party for Film Maker Eleanor Perry, Ann-Margret must have known she would be on-camera, so she wore a costume she is comfortable...
...draws a portrait of Beatrice's shattered life, of epileptic Ruth's rebellion and Tillie's strength in her world of scientific experiments--and the tightrope walk of their dependence on each other. But a script is only a skeleton, it is up to the actors to give it flesh and blood. These three women come close to doing that, but they can't quite complete the forms...
...poetic ideal, but in real life, according to recent studies in Chicago, people are more likely to survive into a ripe old age if they are grouchy and pugnacious. Passive senior citizens seem to lack the moxie necessary to deal with all the natural shocks that aging flesh is heir...
...FAIRY TALE of New York is a risky title for a book. It's risky because so many other fairy tales have been written about New York--about people who go there to put flesh on their hopes or to work out their frustrations. But, largely because of its freshness and style, J.P. Donleavy's new book manages to outlast most of its competition...