Word: sensuously
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...where five spunky women try to keep a sense of humor as they fight off lecherous customers. Lecherous viewers, however, are encouraged: the waitress uniforms look to have been painted on by Frederick's of Hollywood. On Wendy Schaal, who brings just the right mixture of innocence and sensuous vitality to her role, the character fits as well as the uniform...
...hook worked its way in deeper when Carl also stumbled into science fiction. He was especially taken with the Martian tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote of sensuous princesses, six-legged beasts of burden, evil warlords and a Virginia gentleman named John Carter, who miraculously transported himself to the Red Planet simply by gazing at it. The dark-eyed youngster, looking up at the night sky from a Brooklyn lot, tried vainly to follow his hero into space. It was a dream that Sagan has never forgotten. Phobos, the name of one of the moons of Mars, now appears...
...class learns to make fast, tight turns so the terrorists cannot get "inside" and force their quarry off the road. "Driving a car is a very sensuous thing," says Bruce Reichel, 33, one of Scott's instructors. "You have a lot of feedback from a car. Be aware...
...feedback from the car-ramming exercise is anything but sensuous. "Use the car as a weapon, if necessary," insists Scott. To learn what that means students take turns driving a beat-up 1974 Cadillac into an old bronze Buick special. Proper technique: slow down, then slam on the brakes to make the terrorists think you are stopping. Then gun the car, aiming for the front or rear axle. At 30 m.p.h. this barely rattles the Cadillac. But it spins the Buick into a full 360° turn and produces a very satisfying roar, crumpling metal and shattering glass. The Cadillac...
...smooth, taffy-flavored voices don't appear to be enough anymore. One introduction sounds remarkably similar to several measures on Elvis Costello's recent album. And a tuxedoed concert performer carries himself like Barry Manilow onstage. These isolated moments don't detract, however, from the music's mirthful, sensuous beauty...