Word: mask
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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First we identify with these strangers. The universal emerges out of the unfamiliar and sometimes bizarre particulars and communicates to us. "Guests From Afar" is recognizable as an official reception anywhere. The powdered expressions of "Court Attendants in Procession" don't mask their humanity and individual identity. The thoughts of each belong to the observer out of time, not only the Chinese of their own epoch. Most intimate of all, surprisingly, is another ritual, a formal "Procession to the Towers." In this panoply of costume, only faces speak...
...claim of neutrality is actually a mask for a value judgement: if Yom Kippur were judged to be a pressing enough matter, then it would be obvious that a significant problem exists, one that ought to be dealt with respectfully--and openly. The implied condescension in the current policy becomes apparent by considering a rough analogy, viz. inviting a group of people from another culture to stay at your house, and then treating, not their quirks, but a fundamental aspect of their way of life, as though it didn't exist. David B. Ackerman...
...bargaining for cosmetic advantages went on. The Carter people struck back, insisting that the debaters not stand behind presidential-size lecterns. That way, they thought, Ford's chunky torso would be more clearly visible. More important, a big presidential lectern would mask one of slim Jimmy's resources: his agile physique. "Jimmy uses his hands and body beautifully," said one of the Carter team. "The President has zero body language." The Carter group won the lower, more revealing lecterns...
Food faddists credit yogurt with nearly universal virtues. They say it prolongs life and improves the work of the digestive tract. (Dannon is preparing a TV commercial of 125-year-old Soviet Georgians eating yogurt.) Some women believe it makes an excellent douche and a fine face mask. Scientists make no such claims, although doctors do sometimes prescribe yogurt for patients taking antibiotics. The drugs indiscriminately destroy bacteria in the intestinal tract, and yogurt supposedly replaces them. Moreover, skim-milk yogurt is a good low-calorie source of protein, calcium and phosphorus...
...Angelo to save her brother's life. Lenny Baker is hilarious as Lucio, advocating lechery in the accents of Will Rogers. Director John Pasquin keeps the play moving, even through those last toyings with fate and shotgun marriages whereby the playwright pastes a sickly grin on this mask of tragedy and squa lor. Measure for Measure was Shakespeare's poison-pen letter to the world...