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...seems bemused by such deference, somehow bruised by kid gloves. "He's liking being a celebrity less," says former Light-Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jose Torres, Mailer's friend and sparring partner. "I think he's tired of the image." And the author's legends do lag well behind substantial changes that he has made in his life...
WITH ALL the rushing around, the acting predictably deteriorates to stylization. Widened eyes and gaping mouths abound Dramatic moments or turning points often fall prey to a sort of lag time, as singers apparently realize several lines too late that they were supposed to change expression; Count Almaviva in Act III, for example, plunges into "Ah, My Joyous Heart Is Flying" with a touching show of grief left over from the previous recitation. The exception to the awkwardness is Hughes, who as Cherubino portrays first a lively teenage boy, then a boy masquerading as a girl, with limitless aplomb...
...McCarthy, manager of Varsity Liquor says he finds no lag in sales, commenting "it's a privilege to buy drinks, not a necessity--people are willing to pay the price...
...this century, the time lag between the creation of a new scientific concept and its general application has usually been measured in decades. Occasionally, however, the gap is compressed as a new theoretical insight moves swiftly to the stage of application and, hence, of wide, practical dissemination. We are now in the throes of such a movement in the vast field of applied research in genetic engineering...
...remarry there. Wesley Walker and his son Gary, ordained Church of Christ ministers in Honolulu, marry more than 3,000 Japanese couples each year for a modest $300 per ceremony. Most arrive from Tokyo with civil marriage certificates and wait a day before the nuptials to overcome jet lag. Says Denny Walker, family business manager: "One tour company insisted on first-day weddings, and we had a couple of brides fainting at the altar each week...