Word: meek
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...even the way the characters walk—it all reflects every detail of some stereotype or another, some character who is a caricature of him- or herself. At the drop of a hat Sun is a slouchy, mouthing-off teenager named Jerome, and one second later she is meek, investment-banker-turned-educator Ms. Tam, trying vainly to convince Jerome to come to a 41-minute class less than 20 minutes late...
...Perhaps one day Assad will realize that hearing Homat el-Diyar, the Syrian national anthem, performed by an Israeli orchestra on Israeli soil would be a greater impetus for peace than meek statements from his comfortable palace in Damascus. Perhaps the memory of Sadat’s trip will spur Assad to action. And hopefully that day will come soon...
...skinny jeans,” or “near-death in a bathtub,” and you’ll probably come across a YouTube link for Tegan and Sara’s video for “The Con.” The meek opening chords, when coupled with successive shots of a nervously-jiggling, Converse-clad foot, followed by Tegan draped melancholically on a therapist’s couch, set the angst factor rather high. The ashy tones and urban feel just ooze somberness. The girls betray just enough tongue-in-cheek sensibility, however, that we?...
...success of Hannah Montana--the show, the character, the brand--is a marriage of two entertainment families: the Cyruses and Disney. Cyrus was cast after a long search for a show about a meek girl with a secret pop-star life, but, say executive producers Steven Peterman and Michael Poryes, she quickly made the role her own. "Miley is such a pistol, that playing the cautious, introverted girl was not a part of who she was," says Poryes. Her father signed on as her TV dad. "It's art imitating life imitating art," he says. "Miley cut her teeth...
...Meek Sue to Inherit the Earth...