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...Baird problem," meaning child-care infractions. Its chief usage is in the accusative: "Do you have a Zoe Baird problem?" That was the question that brought down Kimba Wood as a candidate for Attorney General (even though her answer was "No"). It was also the question that helped pluck the childless and unmarried Janet Reno from relative obscurity to become the President's nominee for the job. No kids, no nanny, no Zoe Baird problem. Reno, 54, who appears to be well qualified for the post, doesn't even have an immigrant gardener: she mows her own lawn...
Queen eventually triumphs, of course, thanks to her pluck and the love of a good man (Danny Glover). All of which would be more inspiring if it weren't for the florid melodrama and tinhorn dialogue. The villainous racists do everything but twirl their mustaches. The shallow plantation wives are cliches of another sort: "If it were not for the slave girls," says one, excusing the menfolk's sexual dalliances, "we women would have to submit to our husbands whenever they feel . . . healthy." The young Queen expresses her romantic outlook in sappy lines like "I want to marry a prince...
...show you how to make it," a group of women in Oman finally agreed after a week of cajoling, "but first you have to show us your pubic hair." And that's how Roddick ended up with her pants at half-mast, surrounded by Bedouin women (who pluck their body hair religiously) "pointing and hooting and screaming with laughter...
...overthrown the monarchy. The book is both funny and impudent, but it contains a portrait of Elizabeth that is admiring in spite of itself. Townsend plays up Her Majesty's awkwardness, but of all her clan she adjusts best to her alien circumstances, simply by applying common sense and pluck...
Playing the second period, Israel showed a lot of pluck facing tons of rubber while the Crimson defense fell apart during a few spurts of play. Israel totalled 10 saves...