Word: sneaks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When the quickest pace and the most chaotic action are required, Zaks orchestrates the madness beautifully. Occasionally, however, when things are at less than fever pitch, the action seems stagy, or just not very engaging; the very first scene, in which the two Asian actors introduce their plan to sneak into The Real Manchu in white face, is the least interesting five minutes of the whole play, in terms of both writing and directing. The actors seem to still be finding their beats, and laughs get lost in the process...
...affirmative action in practice doesn't work as gracefully as the theoretical or legal model, and the middle-class half-Asians can sneak in the back door if they're willing to make the effort. This happens because employers and admissions offices lose sight of the fundamental purpose of affirmative action...
...this point our assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption post the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom. This piece first ran on June...
Under the blazing morning sun a hodgepodge of military vehicles falls into sloppy formation on the dunes near the Mogadishu airport. Somali children sneak through shell holes in a wall to beg for food and baksheesh. Marines shoot souvenir snapshots of each other as the convoy slowly takes shape...
Maybe the team wants to keep a low profile, so that it can sneak up on unsuspecting opponents...