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...whom Vidor fired and replaced with McKinney - couldn't have sold sexuality, with all its lures, all its destructiveness, the way Nina did. Before deserting Zeke for the last time, Chick douses his suspicions of her infidelity by walking toward him and purring, "Let cha baby sit on yo' lap and make ya feel so good." She takes a heavy breath before the word "feel", which she gives an extra erotic syllable. She perches on him, humming him senseless with "St. Louis Woman," then sashays off for her rendezvous with comeuppance. At her death, her huge eyes still glow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Basic Black | 4/24/2002 | See Source »

...lawyers] treated it like a joke but they wanted it to be treated like a joke,” she says. “One of King’s lawyers said ‘even if King had written this book with my book on his lap, it wouldn’t have been plagiarism...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Desperation, Derivation | 4/18/2002 | See Source »

...head of the viewer. In “Carmen Gaudin in the Artist’s Studio” (1888), the subject stares directly at the viewer from a seat in a room cluttered with colorful canvases and furniture, wearing a white blouse, with her hands folded in her lap. The juxtaposition of the two portraits gives a more comprehensive view of the model: whether surrounded by the disorder of Lautrec’s studio or on her own against a plain background, Gaudin is exposed to the viewer; she is not shielded by the vibrant make-up, ostentatious costuming...

Author: By Georgia E. Walle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fogg Exhibit Reunites Three Parisian Women | 4/12/2002 | See Source »

...played with an autistic 12-year-old named Ben. The whole week I realized I could depend on my title to entertain, but Ben was not going to care about that at all. He liked me, though—we played catch and he fell asleep on my lap...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The True Confessions of Miss Harvard | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

Pomey—who prosecutors allege used the stolen funds for shopping sprees and spa visits—appeared in court Thursday in a pink sweater, gray slacks and black boots. She sat front row center, hands folded in her lap as she spoke quietly with her lawyer, Michael DeMarco...

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gomes, Pomey Appear in Court | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

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