Word: greys
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...very own walking encyclopedia. Whatever information you needed - whether it was pointers on an arcane aspect of TIME style, the current status of some attempted coup or the latest scrap of office gossip - Penny knew. And she would happily tell you, too, over a steaming cup of organic Earl Grey tea and a chocolate biscuit. In Hong Kong, where Penny was an associate editor with TIME 's Asian edition before taking on the same role for the European edition in London, she was known as "Moneypenny," after the indefatigable assistant in the James Bond series. The nickname reflected not only...
Last week the "Jafsie" notes ceased, with a repetition of: What is wrong? Have you crossed me? Please, better directions. Through the newsreel Mr. Condon, a small man with a grey mustache and bowler hat, reiterated that he had not given up hope of renewing his dealings with those who duped him. But his inexplicable movements, so perplexing to newshawks who watched his little frame house night & day after the ransom was paid, diminished. On one occasion he had seized a small U. S. flag, waving it frantically over his head as he ordered reporters off his premises. Another time...
Director F. Gary Grey clearly developed The Rock’s characterization of Be Cool’s only homosexual as so flamboyant that he makes Elton John look like Ronald Reagan. Uma Thurman is a strong female executive but still melts immediately into the hands of a strong masculine presence. This collective clamoring to be over-the-top suggests that perhaps the performers were somehow under pressure to be the most noticed and outshine the rest of the cast...
...pieces, “Petroleo,” grey-and-beige collaged images of anatomical drawings and sketches of a motorcycle are punctuated by vibrant red flags and red Russian text. The piece, White explains, celebrates the ingenuity of the Cuban people in the face of restrictive political circumstances. Made up of mismatched industrial parts, the motorcycle expresses the Cubans’ ability to manipulate a broken system and turn it into something...
Director F. Gary Grey clearly developed The Rock’s characterization of Be Cool’s only homosexual as so flamboyant, he makes Elton John look like Ronald Reagan. Vince Vaughn outdoes Jamie Kennedy’s Malibu’s Most Wanted caricature as a confused Jewish hip-hopper who thinks he’s black. Thurman is a strong female executive, but still melts immediately into the hands of a strong masculine presence; her characters have had more integrity when overdosing on cocaine. This collective clamoring to be over-the-top suggests that perhaps the performers...