Word: fleshed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Councillor Jonathan S. Myers and Independent Timothy J. Toomey Jr. both did better than predicted, largely because of the vigorous, press-the-flesh campaigns they conducted. Cyr, on the other hand, was a projected shoe-in but let his campaign slide and nearly paid the price...
...adds an uplifting element to this otherwise somber tribute to relationships. He provides a direct contrast to Tchiak and frequently attempts to bring some reality into his friend's dour attitude. Shortly before Doreen arrives, he comments (no doubt from experience), "Just remember, Tchiak, they're just flesh and blood...
Antonio secures a bond for 3000 ducats from the Jew Shylock, his nemesis, (David Javerbaum), and promises as collateral a pound of his own flesh if he should forfeit the bond. When Antonio's ships sink at sea, Antonio must forfeit the bond and lose his pound of flesh by Shylock's hand...
...hatred between Antonio and Shylock is the conflict which fuels the plot of The Merchant of Venice. Consumed by revenge, Shylock demands that he receive Antonio's flesh for his bond. Javerbaum delivers one of Shakespeare's most famous speeches--"If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?". Unfortunately, this monologue, while spoken adequately enough by Javerbaum, lacks the emotion and disgust for Antonio and the Christian world which such a powerful speech requires...
...million copies worldwide since last June. Van Halen's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge entered the charts 13 weeks ago at No. 1 and sold 2 million copies in less than a month. Poison's past three albums, Look What the Cat Dragged Down, Open Up and Say Ahh and Flesh and Blood, have sold a combined total of 12 million copies; all five of Motley Crue's have sold more than 1 million each...