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...causes the crowd of British tourists and local foodies to guffaw and titter. The march through Prudential Center to the Top of the Hub with Chef Le Pet Omaine waving his wooden ladle at the front is a scene taken straight from Disney World—over-the-top acting, audience participation...

Author: By Jannie S. Tsuei, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Ultimate Indulgence | 2/19/2004 | See Source »

...Breen says he's staying focused on the "blocking and tackling" of just running a company. And with the numbers starting to turn in his favor, he is even hoping to take his first vacation since joining Tyco. It won't be to a Mediterranean island for an over-the-top toga party a la Kozlowski (the bad). Instead, Breen (the good) is thinking of taking a few days at home in New Hope, Pa., when his children come home for spring break. Tyco shareholders might be thankful for such a plain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can This Man Save Tyco? | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

Enter Clark and the American flag. The choreography, the physical embrace of Old Glory, is both compelling and weird. There is an over-the-top intensity to it that is a Clark signature trait. The man is so tightly wound that he seems to be an ambulatory tourniquet. But he is wildly intelligent--and intellectually adventurous. His stump discourses on economics are as sophisticated as his sense of military strategy--if often a bit too sophisticated for his audience. Asked in Nashua, N.H., last week about the trade deficit, Clark noted in the course of a dense reply, "Those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Little Spark In Clark | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...describe oneself, and negative terms for one’s opponents. The “D” section is classic: “debate, dream, duty” for positive language; “decay, destroy, destructive, devour, disgrace” for Democrats. The memo is over-the-top, but it worked. As one staffer on “The West Wing” sighed, it’s now been the case for years that “Republicans are just good at naming things...

Author: By Peter P.M. Buttigieg, | Title: The Struggle for Language | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...exists in the abstract, while Penn can be charming, sad and pitiful all in the same shot. Most impressive, however, is Watts as a bereaved mother, unrelentingly peeling back layer upon layer of unmentionable grief. Many of Watts’s best moments would’ve neared over-the-top drama in the hands of many other actresses, yet the camera’s unforgiving close-ups of her convincingly pain-distorted features aid in conveying a woman tinged by death’s aftermath...

Author: By Jackeline Montalvo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Movie Review | 12/5/2003 | See Source »

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