Word: paled
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...sixth week Manuel, too, was nervous about his knee. He looked a little thinner, a little pale. Nerves? I asked about it. He said he had lost some weight - but he had been trying to. He added in a mumble, "maybe it's just water weight...
...Although beautiful moments occasionally flickered across the stage in “The Art Room,” they—like the sketches illustrating characters’ thoughts, that were projected on the back wall during the show—were generally too brief, too pale, or too weak to make a forceful artistic statement. This is partly due to Aronson, who adapted the play from a farce by Georges Feydeau, and his efforts to cram social commentary into a coincidence-driven comedy. The lack of proper comedic timing on the part of director Renée L. Pastel...
...trouble identifying with them. “Everyone will see a part of themselves, or a part of someone they know,” says co-producer Tines. The instability of the characters is reflected in the peculiarity of Todd Weekley’s stage design. The white and pale green walls evoke the atmosphere of an institution. The four doors in the set lead elsewhere within the mental hospital. Each of these doors is absurd in a particular way. One is three feet tall, while another is nine feet tall. A third has ten doorknobs, with only one that...
...Neanderthal man may now have a new nickname: “Ginger.” Some Neanderthals had red hair and pale skin, according to recent research conducted by Holger Römpler, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Evolutionary and Organismic Biology, and a host of international colleagues. Römpler and his collaborators extracted DNA from the bones of two Neanderthals, a 43,000-year-old Neanderthal from El Sidrón, Spain, and a 50,000-year-old from Monti Lessini, Italy. Looking at the cells of the Neanderthal bones, the researchers discovered a specific...
...Forensic Orthopedic Autopsy Muscular Anatomical Surgical Specialist.” Porter recited the doctor’s latest work, the eponymous collection of poems about muscles, while moving her own muscles in interpretive dances of the poems. The performance was imaginative, creative, and a bit beyond the pale. Claire Porter’s poetry dives into the mundane names of over 68 different muscles, describing their respective functions and etymological origins. With titles such as “Psoas—The Tender Bender,” and “Gluteus to my Ears,” you couldn?...