Word: patheticism
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A little humility is supposed to be good for everyone, but it is sort of pathetic to watch Travolta try and convert his image for Olivia Newton-John, and it is totally predictable that whatever he does, he will win back sweet little Sandy. Only Sandy decides to go part...
Carefully avoiding any mention of its own struggles against capitalism, Peking has complained that "many Chinese in Viet Nam had the meager fruits of decades of hard work confiscated and stolen; most Chinese living in Ho Chi Minh City had their property searched and impounded before having to flee in...
More often than not, New York producers operate on an avaricious creed: if at first you do succeed, try it again and again. The current golden format is the confessional musical. It emerged as a shining triumph in A Chorus Line. Between dance numbers, each cast member explains why dancing...
In 1961 there was a generals' putsch that failed ignominiously. At its end, the battle-tested "green berets" of the proud First Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment, who had backed the coup, were trucked off to Zéralda for the disbanding of their disgraced unit. The watching pieds noirs...
The appearance of Mark Feldstein's article "A Kibbutz Diary From the Invasion of Southern Lebanon" in last Wednesday's Crimson reflects either a deliberate case of media perversion, or, hopefully, a lack of discernment or responsibility on The Crimson's part to avoid carrying articles that present biased distortions...