Word: mull
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...notion that the U.N. chief presumably would be bound to insist on an unconditional Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait, since that is the demand contained in the 12 resolutions adopted by the U.N. Security Council since the invasion last August. Perez de Cuellar did bring . Saddam something new to mull over: a formal proposal that once Iraqi troops left Kuwait, they would be replaced by a U.N. peacekeeping force that would exclude U.S., Saudi and other troops objectionable to Baghdad. That, at least, would spare Iraq the humiliation of having a massive American force next door...
...action proceeds slowly, and the gaps between scenes allow audience members perhaps too much time to mull over what they have just seen. But Frye provides an admirable bridge between the play's various moments, her whimsical smile and wry analysis investing the scenes with a relevance that would be lacking if the play ran without a narrator. The Playwright resembles the Stage Manager from Thorton Wilder's Our Town, but Frye plays her role with an emotional immediacy that reminds the audience that Hansberry is constantly discussing events from her own life...
...bring war closer. Bush was explicit about that too. Maybe, just maybe, the reinforcements will finally make Saddam beat a retreat. Besides, the biggest U.S. deployment of forces since Vietnam won't be ready to fight until January at the earliest. That gives everyone an additional two months to mull over the options...
...Mull earns $4.25 an hour sewing bathing suits and bathrobes. In 14 years at the same factory, she has never had a raise, except the last time the state government increased the minimum wage. "I don't drink coffee there," she says. "I don't want to spend the money." When the premium for her medical insurance rose from $6 to $16 a week in 1988, she canceled it. "I can't afford it," she says quietly. What if she gets sick? "I never get sick...
...Mull is a financial wizard. "I buy this for one year," she says, cradling a half-gallon jug of Palmolive liquid soap. She ducks back into the kitchen and brings out a half-gallon jug of molasses. "This is for six months. You make pancakes with it. I buy everything big." Her monthly budget is tightly knotted around fixed costs: $400 goes for rent, not including gas and electric bills; Lorena's school, Immaculate Conception, is $80 a month; $15 goes to Mervyn's department store for clothes bought earlier; food takes $40 a week; Mull's bus pass...