Word: holidaying
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...mull over what's just been said. The actors, servants of the superb dialogue, speak it quickly and crisply, without trying to find meaning in Method or profundities in pauses. Lancaster and Curtis never go outside their roles to remind us that they're really lovable scamps on a holiday in the sewers; that may have been what kept their performances from being admired then, and what makes them admirable now. Similarly, "Sweet Smell" is cherished today because it never stoops, or even stops, for a hug from the audience. It wanted only to be understood...
...here, an offbeat drum there--but Jones' voice doesn't have the rogue spirit required for improvisation or the range for sudden emotional bursts. Her singing is beautiful, but her pacing and delivery owe a greater debt to pop artists like James Taylor and Carole King than to Billie Holiday or Nina Simone. Of course, that could change. Jones is so new to her career that her recent influences leave fresh imprints. "I'm into country now," she says with glee. Sure Enough, Come Away with Me has a Hank Williams cover, and the title track has echoes...
...bound brain drain, a Europe/New York City-bound arts drain, and, more depressing for a father-to-be, a "dream drain": a pervasive acceptance that a creative and fulfilled life in a human-friendly environment lies only in the Paris of Am?lie, the Rome of Audrey Hepburn's Holiday and the Canada or Hawaii of Japan Travel Bureau brochures. An economy gnawed by deflation produces a climate where xenophobia heats up, not cools down. Education should propagate multiculturalism but instead fosters cookie-cutter conformity in a marathon sprint to brand-name universities which offer a woefully shoddy product...
...motored back to the 21st century in an air-conditioned bus. It was only 24 hours later, but I felt like I had taken a week's holiday?until we hit Bangkok's evening rush hour. I got out of the bus. It was faster to walk...
...African dealers last year, compared with 581 in 2000 - "they're only out of circulation for a few hours," Séchaud says. "In any case, these guys are not deterred by the idea of imprisonment. For them, a stay in a Swiss prison is like a Club Med holiday...