Word: lessers
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...lesser degrees the entire productionwrestles with this problem. Not all of it can beattributed to the production, as Albee providessome extended metaphors and angry language whichalienate the audience. The effect is political.Instead of feeling moved closed to tears by Jack'srejection from the white hospital, the hyperboleof emotion and lack of subtly in messagethroughout desensitizes the viewer. While socialinjustice appeals to our intellectualsensibilities, wounded humanity tears at ourhearts...
...Nationals, Tara breezed through the early rounds, making short work of lesser opponents. She finished the final in gory "Moral Kombat" fashion, delivering a perfect roundhouse kick that crushed her opponent's nose with a sound that her teammate Josh Bartholomew described as like "a sock full of marbles hitting a wet turkey." Watching the video of the coup de grace confirms this description, even for those of us who are more humane to we turkeys...
...postseason is a magnification of the web of lesser dramas woven within the first 162 games. Each of these highlights illustrates Yogi Berra's timeless maxim, "It ain't over 'til it's over." True, the Red Sox surrendered Game Six in '86 to the Mets with none on and two out in the bottom of the tenth. This still cannot match the bewildering denouement of the Sox' home opener this year, when the Mariners breezed to a 7-2 lead after eight, then failed to record another out as seven Townies scored in the ninth...
Harvard will encounter a Penn team mired in the depths of mediocrity. They have tried to make up for their lesser talent level with hard work, but so far, they have not been very successful...
...calling it futile. Reason: an Oregon statute that exempts faith-healing parents from manslaughter charges. In protesting that law, Gustafson finds herself in high-powered company: the Academy of American Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and the National District Attorneys Association all oppose similar immunities in six states and lesser exemptions countrywide...