Word: nils
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Compared to such models, the American Shakespearean actor is short on breath, long on Method and nil on tradition, despite the dimly remembered glories of Booth and Barrymore. Too many U.S. actors either singsong like walking metronomes or chop up the lines and speak blank prose. As for acting, Method-mad U.S. actors swallow a character like medicine and then release him through their pores in involuntary shudders. They are nonetheless eager to try the roles that all agree are the touchstones of an actor's skill and imagination. What is needed is the continuity of acting tradition that...
...growers have long been in an uncomfortably tight box. Their per-acre yields make them the most efficient producers in the world, but their high labor costs and long sea haul to market restrict them to selling in the high-priced, protected U.S. market. There, growth possibilities are virtually nil owing to 1) the public's fondness for dieting, 2) Government quotas on sales by foreign and domestic sugar producers...