Word: lip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the unavoidable flaws in the play, the production somewhat redeems itself through some fine acting and creative set design. Johnson has mastered the art of the quivering upper lip and has a fitting look of fear and paranoia on his face for much of the play, as Kitty goads him on about his leg, which the neighbors' dogs have supposedly attacked. But Medvedovsky's Kitty is weaker overall: most of her acting is melodramatic and relies too much on loud, angry shouts juxtaposed with hushed, confiding whispers. Martijn Hostetler '00 provides some comic relief as Itsik, head...
...basically feel like they paid us lip service," said George T. Chang...
Japan, where massive government spending programs have brought the economy "back from the lip of meltdown," said Courtis, is a study in contrasts. "The multinational manufacturers are today stronger than they've ever been," thanks to the weak yen (currently trading at 124 to the U.S. dollar). But "small and mid-sized Japan is going through a brutal rationalization." In four years, Courtis predicted, "we'll see 10% of GDP wiped out through liquidation of these companies." The big question is whether a new tax program announced by the government--equivalent to a whopping 2% of GDP--is too strong...
...care more about the strength of their character than their GPA need only to modify their own behavior. Some reposed kindness can go a long way. Slowly, one person at a time, we may be able to salvage Harvard's soul. In the past we have only paid lip service to the "unfortunately competitive atmosphere." Starting today, let's all try to relax. At the very least, when we leave the last lecture of the day, let's deposit some of our psychosis at the door and head home to raise our glasses in congenial merriment...
...walked to the beach on Sunday morning. The snow made a wide lateral strip at the top, and where it stopped, the sand, brown and wet, continued to the lip of the ocean. I suppose the tide washing ashore made that portion of the sand too warm and moist to sustain the covering of snow, so half the beach was snow and the other half sand...