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...wounded people express it. The coup of Green's script is to render complicated feelings in a mix of plangent cliches and vernacular poetry. Listen to Buddy, lovesick over Nasia's desertion, as he bares his soul. "I gave my all to her," he moans. "A plastic ring and a kiss. I mean, it's the thought that counts...
Then again, what if Rose or Leiszler had been less prolific on Saturday? What if the game came down to Harvard's ability to make a field goal? Does Cornell ring a bell? How about The Game two years...
...nice ring to it, everyone agreed. But how long had he been in the sun? "It's rural Southern Georgia, and the illiteracy rate pushes 30% or 40%," admits Brumby. But if Spencer students had gone freakishly bookworm, why couldn't every child and adult in Tift County (pop. 35,000)? A big banner went up outside the town library, with weekly updates on the number of books read. The goal? One million. Everyone but the students thought Brumby was whacked...
Soon after, Jennifer Lopez threw her butt into the ring. The booty-licious but deadly diva has her staff of personal assistants quaking in their boots when it comes to preparing her milk. If she demands a cup of coffee, the milk has to be stirred counter-clockwise, otherwise she won't drink it (and if she gets really, really mad, she might even threaten to sing). Even more crucial than the direction of the stirring is the milk's temperature. At a way-too-accomodating hotel in New York City, a busboy had the delightful task of bringing...
...familiar with only the third-person Sinatra version of The Lady Is a Tramp, so I am surprised to learn that Lorenz Hart's original lyrics are in the first person. So when this lady learns to play it, it will have an autobiographical ring of truth. After all, I too eschew crap games with barons and earls...