Word: punching
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...show lie mainly in David Thompson's book, which is too perfunctory with the minor characters and can't really bring off the couple's Act II decline into guilt and self-destruction. Bierko and Levering, moreover, are too bland as actors to really give this story the emotional punch it is striving for. Norbert Leo Butz, against all odds, becomes the standout in the cast, turning from sickly victim into a song-and-dance ghost, who comments ironically on the couple's plight in a swinging, Cy Colemanesque number, "Oh! Ain't That Sweet," that almost stops the show...
...show lie mainly in David Thompson's book, which is too perfunctory with the minor characters and can't really bring off the couple's Act II decline into guilt and self-destruction. Bierko and Levering, moreover, are too bland as actors to really give this story the emotional punch it is striving for. Norbert Leo Butz, against all odds, becomes the standout in the cast, turning from sickly victim into a song-and-dance ghost, who comments ironically on the couple's plight in a swinging, Cy Colemanesque number, "Oh! Ain't That Sweet," that almost stops the show...
...only three weeks old, and U.S. and British officials insist things are going as expected. "You always hope for a lucky punch," says an Air Force commander. "But you usually don't get lucky, so you just keep pressing on." Pentagon officials have said some ground operations aimed at crushing the Taliban and al-Qaeda may not get under way until next spring. "We're not setting timetables," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday. In a remarkable admission, Rear Admiral John Stufflebeem said, "I am a bit surprised at how doggedly they're hanging onto power. We definitely need...
...Hasty Pudding Social Club plans to open the first round of its fall punch process to all undergraduates, club president Andrea L. Olshan ’02 said earlier this month...
...boxing or violence of any form. The etimology of the term comes from the original drink of choice at final clubs’ member selection functions back in the day. While well-bred men scrutinized other well-bred men and decided between Groton, Exeter and Choate alums, they drank punch. Thus, the events came to be called “punch” events and the prospective members became “punches.” Punch, usually made with rum, was also a popular potent potable for other festivities as well during that time. In the late 19th century...