Word: flopping
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...with Bush I doubt it. Throughout his public life expediency has colored Bush's every action. His 1980 abortion flip-flop is well-documented, but other signs of cynicism date back as much as a quarter century. Allegedly a moderate at heart, Bush opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1965 to curry favor with conservative Texas voters. He further betrayed his own moderation by allowing the religious right to dominate his 1992 convention...
...dour poverty. Yet the phantoms are threatening an epidemic, and even the essential cuddliness of Harvard could fall prey. For the moment we occupy in Cambridge a University of beguiling loveliness and reassuring warmth: on cold winter nights as you age and your skin starts to pucker and flop on your body, the landmarks of benighted Harvard will return. Think of the steps of Sever, London broil, Au Bon Pain, and crappy newspapers: how our decrepitude will look back on these with affection...
...Flying Dutchman. But Zambello goes further in her use of pop cultural references, particularly cinematic ones. The expressionistic sets recall Tod Browning's original 1931 film, Dracula (Bela Lugosi would have felt right at home at Ravenswood), while Martin Pakledinaz's costumes evoke David Lynch's sanguinary 1984 intergalactic flop, Dune. In the famous mad scene, Lucia's descent into insanity is symbolized by a steep staircase, down which the white-gowned murderess floats like her Nosferatu namesake, Lucy Westenra, Coppola's hot-pants vamp extraordinaire...
Along with Dartmouth, the Tigers are the biggest roadblock. And the road, despite the season-opening overtime win over Columbia, has not been kind to the Crimson. A pair of losses--at Hartwick in overtime and a flop against a weak Maine team--blemish Harvard's away record...
Poor says that the image problem is the shelter's biggest hurdle. "The challenge for us is to get across that we're not just a flop house," he says. "We try to get people in the door. Our primary goal is to save lives...