Word: showier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...craze, and one that comes as somewhat of a surprise out on the street. Although couturiers like Yves Saint Laurent have used animal prints for years in subtle and expensive ways, jungle patterns, with their hint of sensual mystery and animal sexuality, have mostly been associated with the showier side of show biz; the imitable Zsa Zsa, for example, recently turned up in a Beverly Hills courtroom wearing a vast spotted-print number. To be sure, it has always been O.K. for mainstream dreamers to be tigresses in private: catty underwear remains a steady seller. Now, after a drab decade...
...ballet. The most important advantage she has happens to be young Liepa, 25, her frequent partner. Fair as she is dark, he is attentive, handsome and gallant. By keeping things simple and performing on a common impulse, the pair gave several performances that were more satisfying than their showier elders'. At least in the context of this tour, they seemed to reassert values that the Bolshoi would do well to remember...
...meat loaf some style by way of jalapeno peppers, tenderizes and flavors broiled duck with a ginger-and-wine-vinegar marinade and imparts a herbaceous Provence fragrance to the lowly blowfish. Clams in black bean sauce, beef stew in a pumpkin, and mousse of sea scallops are among the showier offerings. Seafood cookery and baking are his specialties; the first is the feature of his own restaurant in ^ Greenwich Village, and the second is the way he originally earned his high reputation...
Dale has the showier role. In recounting, directly to the audience, the downs and irrepressible ups of the couple's years together, he mimics a condescending Viennese specialist, a trendy clergyman, a miraculously cured boy catatonic turned tap dancer. Leaping like a mountain goat from one peak of artifice to another, Dale displays flashes of a fine mind wasted on self-pity and despair. Channing joins him in these sarcastic reveries, but most of the time she has the hard duty of being normal. Sheila is clever enough to keep up with Brian but is essentially undistorted. She feels...