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Berry's character is likewise shaped by history. The name Jinx may not have the come-hither connotations of Bond Girls past, but the character is in many ways a composite of her predecessors. She has the sass of Goldfinger's Pussy Galore and the kick-ass skills of Wai Lin from Tomorrow Never Dies. Put a gun in her handbag, add a murky agenda and you have a Bond Girl who's "one step further from the previous one," says Berry. "She's not just eye candy. She's feisty, a fighter...
...suppose that since I refuse to make my breasts earn their keep, they’ll just have to continue taking a back seat to my charming wit and come-hither smile. That’s it, my almost ample attack dogs will not be bad-punned into taking center stage for now, no matter how tantalizing the Bloussant model makes her curvy curves look...
Cross Diana Krall with Susan Sontag, and you get Patricia Barber, whose throaty, come-hither vocals and coolly incisive piano are displayed to devastating effect on her first all-standards album. Nightclub is clearly designed to prove that the cerebral Chicago songstress can be more than just a lesbian cult figure, and it succeeds spectacularly: Barber's hushed, sensuous version of Bye Bye Blackbird hasn't been bettered since Miles Davis last took the old standby out for a spin...
Want to concentrate in history and literature, social studies or some combination thereof? Better be prepared to explain yourself in a written statement. Want to have a job/internship/life when you graduate? Better get those resums in tip-top shape and have your bags packed to fly hither and yonder. Want to be a prefect, a Crimson Keyer, a Seneca member? Switch Houses? Throw a party? Ladies and gentlemen, please have your pens at the ready...