Word: footedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ever since U.S. Intelligence was caught flat-footed when Iraq invaded Kuwait, it has faced renewed criticism for placing too much emphasis on technology and too little on actual spies. As one spook puts it: "You can't tell what's going on in Saddam Hussein's head from satellite...
Bird's electrifying performances on the courts of the N.B.A. were always built on the unexpected. He seemed stone-footed and awkward of movement, yet he invariably surprised both fans and opponents with his effectiveness. His fleshy face, spiky hair and bargain-basement mustache looked decidedly unathletic. Yet he was...
IT GIVES NOTHING AWAY TO REVEAL that near the end of Alice McDermott's lyrical novel At Weddings and Wakes, there is a joyous wedding celebration. The bride, an aging ex-nun, allows herself to be swirled by her staid groom, a mailman who unexpectedly proves a sure-footed dancer...
But the unashamed overacting of its cast save The Visit from being monotonous. From the flat-footed scenes where drably dressed women and shirtless men dance without grace (but with much abandon) to the nasal singing of the town choir, the paucity of the acting will enchant you.
Chicks raised in captivity have prospered at the San Diego and Los Angeles zoos, but returning to the wild is another matter. At least 30 of the 49 black-footed ferrets released in a Wyoming wilderness last fall have died. In Texas, reintroduced northern aplomado falcons were killed off by...