Word: nose
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mary Baldaf has been our sparkplug," Wentzell said of his freshman standout. "She hit the ball on the nose...
...field and the rink. Goodman's debt to The Great Gatsby is manifest: his narrator, Jeb Runcible, regards his classmate much as Nick Carraway viewed Jay Gatsby. But the author's voice is his own, and as Jeb becomes progressively disenchanted, the golden pilot goes into a nose dive, changing from superhero in goggles to another classic American archetype: the perennial juvenile. Whole histories of the Lost Generation have revealed less; this is a novel that uses adventure to disguise a subtext of apprehension...
...distant from Cusack's physical repertoire as genuine Voltaire-level perception is from his musings on pizza scarfing. No doubt Cusack could get laughs reading the Peoria phone book out loud. But Donitos Juan need not worry. Were he actually to wear floppy feet and a big red nose while making love, the overall impression would not noticeably change...
...criticize the Styrofoam characters with any relish. Those who appear in the credits with titles like "Girl in Photo." "Frat Guy," "Pick-up Driver," or "Bus Station Bum" are not characters: they are nothing more than props for Reiner's comedic mind, no realer than a red nose or floppy feet...
...fact, lunatic--efforts to reduce his body fat and muscle up for the big wrestling showdown with Shufe produces a strange thrill. He runs the miles to his room-service job in a downtown hotel, and foregoes any and all nourishment. He drop the weight so quickly that his nose bleed during practice. We feel his nervous anticipation as he waits in the locker room. His wrestling is not just a sport, it is a celebration of life. In athletic competition and discipline he strengthens and defines his hold on life. In asserting his life be makes it real...