Word: gasp
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...morphs into a smooth Nat King Cole and--wow!--Natalie Cole, then into a boozy but bang-on Dean Martin. He can be Bill Clinton one minute, Ricky Martin the next, and by the time Sammy Davis Jr. shows up onstage, the crowd is so enthralled that they gasp involuntarily. The man behind all these faces is Danny Gans, the hottest entertainer in Las Vegas. He sings, he dances, he does impressions, he tells stories, and, at 39, he has managed to appeal to the MTV-weaned young crowd and Don Rickles fans alike. "I tell people...
...first time, you don't really know what to expect. So, if an obstetrician offers to shorten the time it takes for your baby to be born by making a little incision in the tissue below the birth canal, chances are you'll be tempted to gasp out a yes! The procedure, called an episiotomy, may bring you immediate relief, but it often leads to a longer recovery, more pain and other postdelivery complications. Most of the time, it doesn't even benefit the baby. In fact, under normal circumstances, there's really no point in performing what has perhaps...
...standard Hollywood film, Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) would be the villain: he sports a goatee, smokes and--gasp!--reads books. Yet in the Polanski netherworld, Corso is the hero, in search of the devil's autobiography. Before it goes both sluggish and batty, the movie offers some of the grace notes of classic thrillers. It's handsome and elaborate, with nicely quirky turns by Depp, Frank Langella and Emmanuelle Seigner (Mrs. P). Polanski, the perpetual exile, has made his most accessible film since fleeing the U.S. soon after Chinatown...
...major sector of the U.S. economy to feel the lash of competition. The very notion seems heretical: public schools run by private companies that charge no tuition but operate classrooms for local school boards or independent chartering organizations using taxpayer money--some of which will go to shareholders as (gasp!) profit...
...they cannot see the restrictiveness of these laws. Maybe someday people will start getting in record numbers of car accidents. Should legislators then start making car companies install devices in all cars that limits speed to 55 mph? Or rather should we hold people responsible for their own actions (gasp)? The problem isn't everybody, it's the bad drivers. Make it tougher to get a license but don't become Big Brother and hold everyone back...