Word: gapes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that after a while scriptwriters simply inserted code words for them. "Puddling up" meant that Lucy's eyes would fill with tears just before she emitted a banshee wail. "Light bulb" signaled the alarming expression that crossed her face when she had a brainstorm. "Credentials" indicated an open-mouthed gape, as if to say, "How dare...
...wife Sarah Brightman. Vocally she has the needed equipment: her soprano is clear and sounds youthfully innocent along a wide range. But as an actress she has learned almost nothing from years in the role. Her vocabulary of gesture is limited to a flutter of hands and a gape of astonishment, accented by huge black circles of makeup around her eyes that cause her to resemble a raccoon. Brightman's Maypole figure, long nose and prominent overbite do not aid in explaining why both men adore her. But these deficiencies might be overcome if she displayed the least hint...
...witching season in the good town of Cambridge. Trees are turning Halloween colors. Pumpkins gape from neighborhood porch stoops and all the folks on the streets you find, from the youngest ragamuffins to the oldest, tenured curmudgeons, are sporting their naughtiest Jack Nicholson smiles...
...Commencement 1989 will have to look else-where. On DeWolfe St., behind Quincy House, a hundred luxury condominiums will soon offer a view of the Charles to those who can afford it--and traffic hassles to everyone else. To the east, the foundation holes for two more office buildings gape across Mass...
...Friday evening, Dec. 19, Howard Beach was humming with holiday festivities. Residents cruised slowly in their cars to gape at the Vigliarolo family's front lawn, an electrified montage of Santa's workshop. Around the corner, more cars were parked in front of Steven Schorr's house, where 30 of his friends were helping him celebrate his 18th birthday. Among them were Jon Lester, 17, Jason Ladone, 16, and Scott Kern, 17. Shortly before midnight, according to police, several guests, including Lester, left the party to drive a young woman home. Along Cross Bay Boulevard their headlights caught three blacks...