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This resulted in some prospective candidates having had the opportunity to talk to the media before the gag, while others...
Darst declined to comment last night, citing the commission’s gag order...
...public discourse. With his sights set on Saddam, he would prefer not to deal with pesky questions about double standards or the murky precedent that a U.S. invasion of Iraq would set. Stifling dissent may be harder now than it was some months ago, when challenges to patriotism could gag even the biggest mouths. But then again, Iraq is much closer to Bush’s heart...
...Obvious Rule No. 11: Never sell your characters short in order to meet the requirements of a gag or even the plot." Here, Ayckbourn occasionally breaks his own rule. Usually, it's the production trying too hard, as when GamePlan's putative prostitute is confronted with a client who won't stop talking. The fact that her first trick is a crushing bore is funny, but the ludicrous poses she strikes to lure...
Hilary had good reason to be concerned: her mother wasn't eating. Ginny had a gag reflex every time she put food in her mouth. Some mornings she was unable even to brush her teeth without thinking she would vomit. About the only thing she could force down was Carnation Instant Breakfast--the same thing she gave Hilary after the orthodontist tightened her braces. Ginny was slender to begin with from years of power walking, but now the weight was melting off her twiggy body. By December she had lost 29 lbs. In hopes that humor might defuse some...