Word: sheerly
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...elements which dominate both within the play's language and as a theme of the play itself is the sheer sensuality of emotion: passion, feelings, abstract thoughts, are conveyed in Garcia Lorca's poetry as physical, bodily experiences; the experiences of the heart and mind are mapped out onto the body. The dichotomy becomes visible when Yerma rages against the fact that her desire for a baby cannot be forced to translate itself to her body. "Wanting something in your head is one thing," she says, "but it's something else when your body--damn the body!--won't respond...
Mograbi's metamorphosis is hilarious. Initially an unwelcome member of the Sharon entourage, his sheer persistence in shadowing Sharon wins Mograbi a modicum of acceptance from staffers and finally from Sharon himself. He starts to dream of Sharon, picturing himself an intimate of the Sharon family. Some shots of Mograbi as he supervises the filming of campaign events show him nodding his head as he intently listens to Sharon;s speeches. By the end of the film he is out of control, dancing wildly to an Israeli pop version of "Na Na, Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye" at a political...
...Marine Light, Raymond Carver dedicates one of the poems, "The Projectile," to Murakami: "We sipped tea/Politely musing on possible reasons for the success of my books in your country/ Slipping into talk about pain and humiliation you find occurring, and reoccurring in my stories/ And that element of sheer chance." Carver's verse easily applies to Murakami. Although Murakami deals with a larger terrain, he illuminates both man's condition and an entire nation's with unforgettable style...
...Wall Street parlance, Monday's sharp decline was "a market event," meaning that it had little to do with the real economy and everything to do with the sheer unsustainable height of stock prices. That view makes the decline easy to swallow and lends credibility to the wisdom of staying happy and staying in stocks or, as the little guy did Tuesday, buying even more. "There is no reason to think the U.S. stock market is going to go into a bear market," says economist Allen Sinai at Primark Decision Economics. "The U.S. economy is not going to be knocked...
...specious but positive report? In the closing hour I locked in profits from the morning that normally take me three to four quarters to ring up. The rest of the week traders staggered in and out of stocks madly until Friday, when trading seemed to just stop out of sheer exhaustion...