Word: jadedness
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Overall, the acting of the women was excellent. Deborah Brightman as Winnie, the matronly know-it-all, was superb. Teresa Hegji was excellent as the bitchy, uncontrollable Nance. Pamela Hart played Charlotte, a sexy professional pick-pocket, with aplomb. Jada Robert's Pitty, on the other hand, was a little...
As with Midnight's Children, Rushdie's second novel, The Moor's Last Sigh feels rather like magic realism, Indian style. There are curses and prophecies and general supernatural occurences, but these are offered with something that feels like scepticism: the magical may also be coincidental. This sophisticated, even jaded...
Unfortunately, however, younger voters are in a poor position to make the impact that is needed to affect our politics and to engineer a positive change for the future. Youth apathy runs at unprecedented highs. The essence of youth activism that was present in the campaigns of candidates such as...
Twenty-four inches knocked out Washington; Philadelphia got a record 30.7, and New York City endured 20.6. Even jaded Boston, with 18.2 inches, postponed a Bruins hockey game (against the Colorado Avalanche).
ONCE IT WAS THE UN-GENRE; now it is in danger of overpopulation. We speak of the postmodern comedy of manners, in which hyperarticulate twentysomethings talk--and talk and talk--about the imminent threat of becoming thirtynothings. They are the Sons of Seinfeld, and among the brightest of their number...