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...didn't think Jane Fonda had much of a future," Brustein says. "She was not able to tap into her emotions." Brustein says he called her "Frigid Jane...
Reagan Messer, as Tybalt, skillfully portrays the dark vengefulness of the character through sharp jumps and cold, forbidding demeanour. A frigid, severe expression and haughtily up-tilted nose make soloist Nadia Thompson a perfect Lady Capulet, though there is no conceivable reason why her character should be on pointe. Oddly enough, Pelzig throws in a hint of incest between Tybalt and Lady Capulet--maybe it's just the acting, but they certainly seem a little too uncomfortably close throughout the ballet...
When Foale was first told of the repair scheme, his silence echoed around the world. "Incredible," he finally muttered. Tsibliyev and Lazutkin groused more openly before assenting to a four-hour "internal" space walk in the frigid, airless and possibly contaminated lab. As one stands by, the other will enter with a flashlight to look for the right wires, moving gingerly in the tight quarters to avoid ripping his bulky space suit. Then they will reseal Spektr with a new hatch fitted with cable ports on either side to complete the electrical circuits to Mir. Foale, meanwhile, will be waiting...
...water beneath its crust. If the radar picks up the telltale echoes of liquid, another spacecraft would be sent to land on Europa. Once there it would release a small cylindrical probe with a heated tip that would melt through the ice layer and propel itself through the frigid ocean, looking for signs of life...
Heather Lewis, a staff member of Herrell's ice cream store, confirmed my relative uniqueness when I visited the store on a frigid January day. "In the winter, it's the hard core ice cream eaters, not the fair weather fans." The store makes most of its money during the warm summer months when ice cream can be interpreted as a respite from the heat. However, in Boston, which Lewis describes as "a mecca for ice cream," it seems that there are a few others like me out there. "Even on a day when the temperature is below zero, there...