Word: ish
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...years that followed, Margaret indulged herself in a lifestyle that took a toll on both her health and her popularity. "She was not our favorite royal," said a 40 - ish Mayfair manicurist last week. "We resented having our tax money going to support her hedonistic lifestyle." Margaret smoked - up to 60 cigarettes day at one point - and drank heavily. Her name was linked with a variety of men, in particular Roderick Llewellyn, a landscape gardener 17 years her junior with whom she had an affair that lasted several years...
...Road” and “Bad Dreams” joining “Deep End” are the best examples of this. While they succeed in pulling off a more commercial vibe on “Fuel Injected,” which features the Nate Dogg-ish Moka Only lacing the track with his smooth bass/baritone, they remain best suited to the more cerebral, head-bobbing tracks, not the booty-shakers. —Michael T. Packard
Karen Mok comes at you in sections. It's partly a result of her gallimaufry of genes: Chinese, Welsh, German, Persian, a heady hereditary cocktail. She looks and speaks Chinese, but when she palavers in English, out pours E.M. Forster starchy Brit-speak. She does "yah," she does "-ish" and she'll use the word 'prat' or 'ponce' with intuitive aplomb. Not to mention the bodywork: Mok's put together like an E-type Jaguar, curvaceous, sinuous, pantheresque. She's got legs Lara Croft wouldn't mind and a brain Angelina Jolie wouldn't recognize...
...stylization comes up short, though, in its inexplicable interjection of loud New Age-ish music at the ends of dramatic scenes. In one particular scene, Irina, sitting alone in the living room of her home, speaks solemnly for several moments. Finally, she bows her head and, emphasizing the play’s chief plot elements, declares, “I want to go to Moscow.” No time, though, is allowed for reflection by either the character or the audience. Even before the stage darkens, the music assails the audience and pulls it out of its reverie...
...This class is closer than any class I’ve seen here,” Rose says. “Previous classes, it seemed they were clique-ish, they didn’t really get along with each other and had a lot of personality conflicts. All the senior offensive line, they’re my blockmates and we enjoy each others’ company...