Word: pretzelism
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There was good reason for this. In each case, there was a fair amount of political gamesmanship going on. In each case, the outcome was known before a single vote was cast. In 1991, Kerry managed to twist himself into a pretzel trying to figure out the political angles on the first Gulf War vote. "The Bush people were saying it was going to be a tough war," recalls a former staff member. "John thought they were setting us up. He thought it was going to be relatively easy and the Administration wanted the Democrats to make fools of themselves...
Moore wrapped up his critiques by making fun of an incident in which Bush was hospitalized after choking on a pretzel...
...said a little prayer for George W. Bush,” Moore said. “I hope he’s not watching this race right now and eating a pretzel...
...Ives made a pretty, witty something of the script. Director Gary Griffin made it sing, sumptuously; Russell Warner touched up the orchestrations to these just-short-of-classic Gershwin songs; and Rob Ashford staged some sublimely silly choreography. (My notes read, "six dancing couples form a giant pretzel," but I may have been hallucinating.) In a nifty cast, I especially liked Felicia Finley, who played Magda the saucy parlormaid. Finley has looks, a voice and that ageless soubrette pertness - the total musical comedy package. But then, that's what you almost always get at Encores...
...popular belief, yoga is not a form of meditation, set to the song of wispy woodwinds, on the top of a grassy knoll. It is not about reaching enlightenment while standing on one leg, or being able to fold one’s body into the shape of a pretzel. Not exactly...