Word: soft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...afternoon, under a bright sky in downtown Denver, as Dole and Kemp came onstage, Dole reached for his running mate's passing arm and raised it into the air, held it there, then held it there some more. This time Kemp let go first. Dole even did a soft-shoe shuffle to the strains of Soul Man and smiled at his running mate, who was clapping along. The two seem to be working out a little vaudeville act--Dole the straight man, Kemp the comic pratfaller. When Dole said he'd bet all he had that they'd win Colorado...
...Sometimes I'll spasm while they turn me. The effect of a spasm, the tension of it, goes straight to my neck. It stiffens like a tree trunk. If I'm awake, I'll ask the nurse to give me a soft-tissue massage, which goes deep into the muscles. I have to take about 12 kinds of pills plus Metamucil. Pills to help control the spasms. Pills to prevent infection in the stool...
Kemp can also be a variable asset on the stump, contagiously enthusiastic as a speaker but also long-winded and unreliable. Dole campaign officials are already wondering if he can be counted on to soft-pedal his differences with the candidate on immigration and affirmative action. And by his very incandescence and ambition, his untiring knack for putting himself out front, there's the danger that he will effectively turn the Dole-Kemp ticket into Kemp-Dole...
...Legends of the Fall, when a grizzly gets the Brad Pitt character: "It was a good death," the voice-over intones piously. Well, maybe it would be if bears came equipped with anesthesia. But they don't even offer you a blindfold before they start chowing down on the soft parts--generally hips and tummy first, leaving you a few minutes to realize that there are indeed creatures capable of appreciating cellulite...
...next film, Fly Away Home. She plays Amy, who moves in with her estranged inventor father after her mother dies in a car crash. She has to teach wild geese she finds to fly, or a wildlife officer will clip their wings. At least she gets to cuddle something soft...