Word: nods
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...whiskey voice will be singing that "Memory plays tricks on us,/ The more we cling, the less we trust,/ And the less we trust the more we hurt,/ And as time goes by it just gets worse." Then the guy at the end of the bar will nod in assent and wonder why they don't write feelings like that any more...
...replied with his nod: "You're right...
...candidates for statewide office has put homosexuality on the ballot. Guy Molinari, borough president of Staten Island -- a suburban, Republican stronghold in otherwise overwhelmingly Democratic New York City -- caused a statewide furor when he said yesterday on television that he didn't think Empire State voters would give the nod to Karen Burstein for attorney general because she was a lesbian. Today, in an interview with TIME Daily, he went further, suggesting that Burstein's lesbianism will have an effect on how she conducts herself as attorney general. Burstein, he claimed, might try to ease the restrictions on consensual sodomy...
Behind it all, of course, is the estimable Hal Prince. His delineation of character detail remains as telling as ever (contrast Andy's smooth shuffle with Ravenal's hesitant walk), and his handling of crowd scenes is impeccable: a nod here, a gesture there, and a chorus is transformed from a mob into a collection of individuals. There are no haughty white folks and nobly suffering darkies aboard Prince's vessel -- just real people who know that sometimes it's not only make-believe. The beauty of this Show Boat is that it makes believers...
...There's definitely a lot of ego involved," Bloom said, with a nod of agreement from roommate and hitting partner Geoff Criqui...