Word: limpness
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...Stable Boy?” Frederick was thinking. And Felicity, “The Stable Boy--where is he?”But when the moment passed Felicity simply repeated, “This is our home,” and Frederick, with a mournful toss of his limp, not-so-Byronic hair, wandered away.Felicity stared at the pool for a while, looking at her reflection in the rippling water. At last she rose with a sigh and smoothed her hair.She would console herself in the shrubbery again. Perhaps she didn’t need the under-gardener at all.Editor...
Never before had I heard myself described in such a comparative manner, and I felt, frankly, like a weirdo. Inspired by the weight of his recent revelation, Masso signaled my hair. Ah yes, Asian hair: that straggly, limp mass of long black material sprouting from my skull. What was I? Where did this thing, this anomaly, come from...
...long neck. She has musicality. And what is most important, she glows on stage.'' All accurate. But he adds, ''At 21, she already has nerves of steel.'' Not quite so, according to Guillem. Before a performance she suffers from le trac, or stage fright: ''No more legs. I go limp, and panic inside.'' It does not show. She commands a wide repertory, including the obligatory Swan Lake, but what shows her off best is a rather outrageous theater piece by Maurice Bejart. In Arepo, Guillem performs five roles, with suitable costume changes, that display her personal range as well...
...with seedlings withering in the sun. A swath of young green cotton has an inky black stripe running through its middle; as the field becomes more stressed from the lack of water, the black will spread. Safflowers, which should be a brilliant gold this time of year, are limp and brown. Farmers pace the dusty fields, eyeing their almond trees and grape vines, both heavy with unripe fruit, trying to decide which ones to allow to die. "It's like which kid to keep and which to get rid of," Coburn says...
...Hopes that Zuma might provide stronger leadership on pivotal issues for the continent were not boosted by his performance at the conference. He called food prices "a time bomb" that governments could do little about - a limp response when 30 million Africans face hardship if more food is not grown and sold at affordable prices...