Word: ruining
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SOMEONE has been trying to ruin Paul McCarthy's weekends...
...exactly a noble ruin. An affable ruin? A self-amused ruin? A cuddly ruin? Somehow, Peter O'Toole seems to require a modifier all his own, because in recent years he has turned into an utterly unique comic actor, a man who seems to have dedicated himself to the cause of giving decadence a good name...
...modern economy is not just a dismal saga of inflation though. The S.M.A.P. can also remember when the first ball-point pens came on the market for $12.50. No longer, said the ads, could ink leak from your fountain pen and ruin your new shirt. The S.M.A.P. had in those days a rich friend who spent $52 on the Fritz Busch performance of The Marriage of Figaro (on 17 breakable records); that version, one of half a dozen, now costs $18. When the S.M.A.P. first went to Europe in 1946, the only way he could find to get there...
Even pretentious people like pizza, and at Bel Canto 928 Mass Ave.) you can ruin a perfectly good mound of grease and tomato sauce with bean sprouts or broccoli. The pies themselfs are exemplary. Other options are all within a couple hundred yards of the Yard. Harvard Pizza and Pinnochio's for quick service, Uno's for a full meal; deep-dish Chicago-style and Regine's for lukewarm cardboard...
...only 40% of the time; success depends on an almost mystical factor that they refer to as "the feel of the rigging." The rigging is the 33-ft.-tall metal frame from which they work; sometimes it feels solid and sometimes it does not. Cold weather can ruin a performance. Says Juan: "Your body just doesn't want to move the way you want it to" Even the color of the ceiling can affect results. A black ceiling can cause dizziness whereas a white offers a good sense of perspective...