Word: plain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sadly, few of these candidates seem to offer the responsible, ethical leadership the council so desperately needs as it fights for survival. Liston and Fine are unethical and unloved. Ferrell is unknown, Kim unimpressive, and Schmitt just plain unqualified...
...plain that Mort Sahl was, for his day, taking risks and doing a radically different brand of comedy. Legends like Woody Allen still pay him homage. He can play three weeks at the Pudding, and then on to Broad way precisely because he was astounding and has a following that remembers him so. Sadly enough, like many trailblazers, his genius just doesn't translate to the next generation. Maybe we are spoiled by sound bites and the manic energy of today's comics, but watching an old guy prattle on for an hour-and-a-half is what boosts...
...inheriting her mother's demons, she seems comfortable to state that she inherited her talent (to a certain extent) as well. She and her mother shared a love and understanding of "Language." Unfortunately, the discrepency between the two's works is large, and Gray Sexton's assertion is just plain embarassing. Apparently hell-bent on proving her talents, Gray Sexton weighs down her prose with forced and self-conscious metaphors. When discussing an episode concerning her mother's housemates, Gray Sexton writes, "As if they were bad meat, I wanted to be rid of them." Her straightforward narrative tone...
...plain, simple, vulgar," said city council member William H. Walsh...
...book-selling community. Is it the newest from Stephen King, who can pen a bestseller in the time it takes most of us to write a response paper? Or maybe it's a romance novel, the cover showing a shirtless Fabio embracing a well-endowed woman on a windswept plain. Alas, no. The book I speak of offers nothing in the way of violence or lust--although it may provoke horror or love depending on who reads...