Word: razor-sharp
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...times, the flavor of his stories and the depth of his nostalgia recall Borscht Belt, the razor-sharp timing and perfect phrasing are pure Mamet. Jay’s skills at handling such material as well as their presence in the show attest both to the basis for the two men’s friendship and to Mamet’s directorial influence on the evening...
More meaningful to me are the repetitious mumblings of Zippy the Pinhead in the like-titled strip by Bill Griffith. "Zippy Annual" (Fantagraphics Books, October) collects the last year's-worth of this razor-sharp cultural critique and nonsense strip...
...awarded the Legion's highest honor for her courage at Bir Hakeim. The book winds to a melancholy close, describing Travers' tepid marriage to a fellow Legionnaire and her move from Indochina back to France. The story moves along at a mostly brisk pace as Travers offers the razor-sharp observations of an outsider coupled with the collegial pride of a fellow soldier...
...environment and the culture of the folks who put down roots there. The Dubois area was once the largest railroad-tie-producing region in the U.S., and Burch Center director Sharon Kahin will take visitors to camps once inhabited by Bunyanesque Scandinavian immigrants who hand-hewed ties with razor-sharp precision. The area is also the home of the Mountain Shoshoni, and archaeologist Larry Loendorf will lead hikes to the wooden structures they built to trap the bighorn sheep that were the staple of their diet, and to the site of giant petroglyphs used in their religious rites...
...heartthrob," "the rebel," "the cutie," "the shy one" and the not so attractive "older brother." I just got my hands on a copy of the soundtrack to the documentary and I'm just starting to realize how earth-shattering this whole thing might be. Every song is a razor-sharp collection of patented boy-band fluff--down to the "Oh babys" and the "Oooh yeahs"; if girls watch this thing or even listen to the CD, they'll never be able to listen to their Backstreet Boys again without feeling cheated. Add in the bad lyrics and we might just...