Word: leaning
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...need an extra plate, please ask” is hardly the stuff of tyranny. In at least one strongly-worded exhortation, however, there does lie an ominous hint, as Murray demands more Lebensraum: “Do not lean on the crêpe counter!” The owner, who often rolls the crêpes himself (and no, he has not considered importing Dominicans to help, à la “Seinfeld”), explains simply that he treats his customers with respect, and he expects the same. Has he ever banned a troublemaker...
...told," and on screen it almost wasn't. Not long after the book became a sensation, Steven Spielberg signed on to direct; five years and many scripts later, he bowed out while staying on as a producer. Lucy Fisher, a producer, jokes that her next choice was David Lean, "but he wasn't available," having died in 1991. Other directors expressed interest, but none stuck. Then, in 2002, Fisher and her producing partner Douglas Wick saw Chicago and figured they had their man. "Geishas are trained much like dancers, and as a choreographer and a former dancer who understands disciplined...
...British guy and a straight American teenager walk into a café” (Algiers, to be precise) sounds more like a weak joke than the convening of kindred spirits. Circumstances don’t help, either–the room is noisy, and I have to lean forward and ask for frequent repetitions to understand Hollinghurst’s Oxonian accent and quiet, rapid delivery.His opinion of my dubious comprehension, as well as his passion for precision and le mot juste, quickly becomes apparent. After describing his writing process as “putting on the veil...
This is the closest the band ever comes to a feel-good track, hinting that their take on noise rock is starting to lean closer to the rock end of the spectrum...
...harbor the odd, rebellious thought. These early passages in every modern combat movie are designed to induce a state of shock and awe in its viewers, soften us up for the horrors to come. We laugh, we cringe, we begin looking forward to the transformation of these innocents into lean, mean killing machines...