Word: slouching
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...insist on seeing it--downright wicked. By this light, the creation of a half-century ago comports with reality now about as much as the cookie-cutter shapes of its East River edifices still evoke an idealized modernity. Budget-strapped, groping for a fresh start, the U.N. seems to slouch toward the millennium like a limping panhandler...
...other," she says. "Now they broadcast that diets don't work." Exercise guru Richard Simmons fingers TV advertising. "It's crazy," he says. "The ads say 'eat, eat, eat!' but show a girl who's so thin she clearly never eats." Julia Child, TV's French chef (no caloric slouch herself), cites sedentary life-styles. "Maybe they're not doing enough in the way of activity," she speculates. "Maybe they don't have jobs. Maybe they're not doing anything but sitting around eating...
Director Angels Delichatsios stays true to the playwright's original time period and location without denying the modern-day American implications inherent in the piece. For instance, Jimmy (James McPartland) and Cliff (David Marmor) slouch front and center in easy chairs for most of the performance like Beavis and Butthead precursors, flipping through newspapers as if they were television channels...
...Charles are those who own businesses in Harvard Square. This past weekend, hotels were booked, restaurants had hour-long waits, and bars were just plain madhouses. But with lines outside the Crimson Sports Grille and the Spaghetti Club extending into JFK Street, it perhaps was a better idea to slouch back home, instead...
...noble goal, no doubt. And Zdrok, a 21-year-old Ukrainian, is no intellectual slouch. She graduated from West Chester University at 18 and is now busy in a seven-year graduate program combining a law degree with a clinical psychology Ph.D. How many Playboy bunnies do you know who cite Catherine McKinnon in their interviews...