Word: sassing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...walls of the Loeb Mainstage but not within the walls of their Mather single. Those expecting the seven women who play the flygirls to be just as saucy as the dishes they play onstage will find nothing of the sort. The characters may be a nice piece of sass, but the women who play them (Sabrina K. Blum '03, Shelby J. Braxton-Brooks '03, Jody E. Flader '02, Juliene James '00, Sofia A. Lidskog '01, Yayoi J. Shionoiri '00, and Jennie D. Tarr '01) are just plain nice. What these seven girls share most with the flygirls is their unbridled...
...problem so much as the tone. The ingratiating host trio makes Rosie O'Donnell sound like a shock jock (co-host Florence Henderson seems grateful to be on TV at all: "Good morning! This is so much fun!"). After The View proved that homebound audiences like a little sass with their coffee and celebs, Later needs a shot of attitude in its cup. Maybe Joy Behar has a friend...
Most critics run on gas and sass. Jarrell, the poet, novelist, children's book author--what didn't he do, and do beautifully?--was a tireless lover of language. He fell in love (and in hate) with the poem or book under review, bringing it alive even as he anatomized it. These essays, selected by Brad Leithauser, open the reader to the Morgan Library of Jarrell's mind, ablaze with a sensible passion and aphoristic wit. "The people who live in a Golden Age," he wrote, "usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks." When Jarrell died in 1965, criticism...
...enough for a would-be hero to have talent and persistence. A real hero must have a kind of professionalism about the job, a desire to deliver for those who watch. Muhammad Ali did it with his sweetness and sass, Mother Teresa with her saintly stubbornness. America's G.I.s showed a selfless commitment to a larger cause...
...that they weren't. He was an engaging combination of sass and sweetness and naivete. His girlfriend disclosed that the first time he was kissed, he fainted. Merriment always seemed to be bubbling just below the surface, even when the topics were somber. When reporters asked about his affiliation with Islam, he joked that he was going to have four wives: one to shine his shoes, one to feed him grapes, one to rub oil on his muscles and one named Peaches. In his boyhood he was ever the prankster and the practical joker. His idea...