Word: latters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those years ago, now grown up and gone to gray but still true to his school. Reforming welfare and opposing same-sex marriage, they insist, are core Clinton beliefs, even though he's done precious little to advance the former and has never had much to say about the latter. "Morris has his eye on one thing above all else," a campaign strategist says. "Keep the President steady. Now that he's claimed the center, make sure he sits still, no matter how bumpy the ride gets...
...latter comparison is particularly apt since the elderly may have strengthened their own safety net at the expense of the young. "Is there a disproportionate amount of money being spent on people over the age of 65 versus under the age of three?" asks one legislative leader. "Yes, unquestionably. Is it in part a function of their lobbying efforts? Yes, unquestionably. Is it largely a function of their need? No, it is not." Yet as Ira Schwartz, dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania, notes, "Seniors and those in the work force don't understand...
That's pretty much the plot, which may strike you as either a maddeningly elusive tale or a haunting parable of disconnection and existential terror. Gerald Gutierrez's tight, tense direction makes a good case for the latter. So do actors like Rosemary Harris and George Grizzard, who seem to have lived in their roles for years (only Elaine Stritch, as Agnes' boozy sister, betrays a bit of Broadway shtick). When Grizzard drops his air of befuddled decorum for a climactic aria of rage and resolve ("I want your plague! You've got some terror with you? Bring...
...allow a pause and Eve's Plum moves forward. They rock even harder on "I Want It All," as Fitzpatrick purges her anger and greed, and "Lipstuck," which she introduces as "a song about a girl that mistakes a glue stick for her lipstick." The lighthearted tone of the latter song creates a playful atmosphere among the band members and shows that Eve's Plum knows how to have fun. Incorporating the lyric "All I want to do is lick my lips and purr" into a catchy song like "Lipstuck" makes Eve's Plum is even more irresistible...
...finished with him," insists Franklin of his father. "He's a warhorse. Daddy in his latter years is having some of his biggest meetings. He set the attendance record for the SkyDome in Toronto. He set the attendance record for the Georgia Dome. Broke it." And then the son is suddenly full of the Spirit. "As our society falls apart, as crime increases, when, as the Bible says, the love of most grows cold, people want to know, Does God care? Am I just here on earth to breathe so many cubic meters of oxygen and eat so many cows...