Word: flinch
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...volley of rifle fire. The young president's words linger in his mind, the words of the president whom he loved so much, "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." He has served his country; he did not flinch; he is not a coward. Yet he is full of rage and guilt that he neither desires nor understands...
Strehler's directorial premise is so old-fashioned that it seems new. The most important thing he does for singers is to make sure they are placed where they can sing best. If the dramatic situation demands it, he will not flinch from asking Macbeth to sing lying down or Lady Macbeth to sleepwalk across a ledge. But he is never gratuitous about imposing feats of physical endurance. Says Francesco Sicilian!, La Scala's artistic consultant: "He never betrays his material in order to make an audience burst into applause at his daring." Strehler would go along with...
...middle of the spectrum DSOC is ready to go...would it support Humphrey? "I can't speak for the Committee as a whole, but I personally would find Humphrey very acceptable. Hubert's always been a favorite of mine." "And how about Jackson?" Harrington doesn't flinch: "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." A DSOC member next to me offers, hopefully, "I hope we don't come to that bridge." Harrington smiles tightly. "We'll cross that bridge when we come...
Fear stalks Parent most often during preparation. "In practice, I'm very scared," he says. "It's no fun at all." Sometimes in a workout, Parent cannot overcome the natural life-preserving urge to flinch when the puck comes at him. "I try to keep my head down and get the shot," he says. "Sometimes I just can't do it." When that happens, Parent insists that his teammates fire a barrage of shots at him until he beats down his fear...
...have utter and absolute control over all your nerves. You go right on lying there in his arms letting what must have gone rigid inside you with his words go rigid away inside your skin, so his arms can't sense the difference, can't feel the animal flinch that maybe after all you couldn't avoid...