Word: rigidness
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Patrick defends Young's performance. "I don't find that office to be rigid," says Patrick. "I, too, read what [Young] said, and even if she said that it doesn't show any evidence of rigidity. It simply means the agreements proved to be in favor of management in the individual cases...
Today's Iranian leaders, Western analysts say, are perfectly capable of presenting two faces to the outside world: the responsible, reasoned face that solicits Western loans and investments, and the rigid, ideological face that accepts murder and lies as tools of statecraft. "Iran is in a sense more dangerous today than it was under Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini," says a senior British diplomat. "Then the antagonism to the West was blatant. Now it is more nuanced...
...centralized economy. On the other hand, Islamic radicals are still the moral guardians of the revolution, and they oppose reforms that might endanger social benefits and let in greater Western influence. They sometimes accuse Rafsanjani of being too liberal on cultural matters. He in turn warns them that too rigid a line on music, television and clothing risks alienating the new generation of Iranian youth...
Frazier refuses to define herself as a lesbian. This is one of the most refreshing things about Rita Mae Brown: she does not construct a rigid gay identity for her characters. The dividing line between gay and straight remains very fluid. For example, the goddess Venus--who materializes near the novel's end--believes that the division of people into the two categories is "a silly concept, but then you know people think in polarities these days. That's very destructive." Similarly, during her reading, Brown remarked: "I am never immune to the charms of the opposite sex...I just...
...impressive. The choreography, while intricate and interesting, is either poorly-executed, comes flying out of nowhere, or both. Gitano's "Improvise" dance leaps out at us without warning, backflips and all. We wonder why he is dancing, who the women dancers are, and why he looks so rigid and strained. There is no sense of progression or goal here. Similarly, during the two disjointed Indian dances, all onstage action freezes inexplicably. A rush-hour scene in New York City, however, is choreographed with ingenious commotion, presenting a smorgasbord of traffic, cops, spills, swinging ladders, lost people and a stolen pocket...