Word: shaded
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...McDonough, as the battered but not broken Weston, commands the stage with more than the mere physical presence of his wiry frame. Weston can never keep his passion for living more than a shade below the surface, whether he's breaking down the door or erecting a new one to keep the world out, and McDonough provides this desperate vitality. When he repents his first act drunkenness (and his entrance in a garbage can, surely an inspired bit of dramatic symbolism) with typical quixotic fervor, the futility becomes only more apparent. He can rant and rave but never escape...
...that far outweighs any disadvantages. In separate interviews with TIME Bonn Correspondent Lee Griggs, Generals Pauly and Kroesen argue that a reduction in dependents in Europe would spell disaster. "Having dependents here is a heavy plus," says Pauly. "If a war situation developed, our people might even fight a shade harder if loved ones were here and in need of immediate protection." Observes Kroesen: "I believe it is an absolute necessity to have dependents along. Dependents help provide a wholesome environment in which this command must live and operate...
...wood-burning stoves may be bringing back a skin complaint virtually unknown in the U.S. since the arrival of central heating: erythema abigne, literally redness of the skin from fire. Dermatologists warn that prolonged or repeated exposure to intense heat can cause permanent web-patterned skin discolorations, ranging in shade from pink to brown. (Habitual use of very hot water bottles and heating pads can lead to the same problem.) Dr. Stephen Stone of Springfield, Ill., had one patient whose upper back, shoulder to shoulder, was crisscrossed by marks resulting from sitting too near a wood-burning stove. His advice...
...International Olympic Committee and submitted proposals, only to be snubbed for such fashionable Alpine resorts as Cortina and Innsbruck. When the I.O.C. agreed on an American site for 1960, the nod went to the Sierra Nevadas and Squaw Valley, but still the Lake Placid boosters kept returning, a shade from the Olympics' past that refused to be put to rest...
...blissful the garden, there is always a snake in the grass somewhere. Yet the green enticements of Eden die hard, especially among city folk who would not know a primrose from a petunia. The more man-made their environment, the more likely they are to dream of running for shade. In The Beginning Place, her 13th novel, Ursula Le Guin retells this story, one of the oldest in Western literature, in modern dress. She creates two postadolescents who are drowning in personal uncertainties and suburban sprawl and then gives them a place to hide. If this were all, her novel...