Word: inners
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...Love,” and legions of “red-state” tourists descended on the isle of Manhattan like a plague of cornfed locusts just to see it.The widespread popularity of the musical was surprising: Not many would have predicted that a gritty depiction of inner-city poverty, drug addiction, and the ravages of AIDS would have broad appeal. (Maybe it had something to do with the show’s rockin’ soundtrack and attractive cast of multi-cultural twenty-somethings.)But all of this success was bittersweet, as the show’s writer...
...sing any faster, who got his style because he didn’t have any other shirts. Initially, Phoenix’s low-emotion performance seems stilted, but from the first moment he sings a note, everything springs into relief. Glimmers of Cash’s shy, awkward inner self shine through the blustery tough-guy front he puts up for the public. This is a man who famously sang, “I shot a man in Reno/just to watch him die,” but, faced with June Carter’s wisecracks, turns into a blushing fool...
...Eurocommunism, the rise of the Italian Red Brigades, and the buildup of nuclear weapons in Europe. “I wrote the book because I strongly believe that if you have been privileged enough to be working in policy, you have an obligation to tell a story of the inner workings of government,” he said. Gardner argued that though former President Carter is sometimes criticized for weakness in foreign policy—for instance, his handling of the Iranian hostage crisis—certain administration policies, such as its engagement with communist student and labor groups...
DERY: Maybe I'm channeling my inner Marxist here--which I'm sure will give David a fit of vapors...
While most ambitious people keep their secret Caesar tucked safely away, it can emerge surprisingly, even suddenly. Says Frans de Waal, a primatologist at the Yerkes Primate Center in Atlanta and the author of a new book, Our Inner Ape: "You can have a male chimp that is the most laid-back character, but one day he sees the chance to overthrow the leader and becomes a totally different male. I would say 90% of people would behave this way too. On an island with three people, they might become a little dictator...