Word: soft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hardest thing to do was to teach Kuwait's children to "like" Saddam, says Salah al-Awadi, manager of credit-card sales for the Gulf Bank. "When Iraqis visited us, we would serve them soft drinks. Once, my son Youssef, who is almost four, said, 'Take this glass and put it on Saddam's head.' We had to teach the kids to say good things about Saddam for fear they would be killed if they didn...
...play is strongly acted. Kim's impassioned portrayal of Proteus is outstanding--she contrasts well with Kuan's sappy, lovesick Valentine. Kim's scenes with Li are usually plausible, but the two actresses seem hesitant to display the physical affection called for in the script. Perhaps Li is too soft-spoken--she plays her character as a dreamy, mopey girl, one whose bold voyage to Milan seems incongruous. During her disclosure of the plan to reveal Proteus' duplicity, Li says, "Poor Proteus, thou hast entertained a fox to be the shepherd of thy lambs." This line does not mesh with...
Hard- and soft-cooked eggs...
Flomenhoft, at 6-ft., does not tower over either of his roomates, but his 215 lbs. help to pave the way to the net. The third line center maintains his weight despite a craving for Diet Mountain Dew--Flomenhoft has 10 cases of the specially-ordered soft drink piled in his windowsill...
Later, in a more serious mode, the class performed a chant. Bunker began, singing in a soft voice: "Om Nama Shivaya." The chant, which "tunes you into yourself," according to Bunker, grew louder as the entire class joined her in the haunting chromatic scale. Their voices rose and fell, chanting the words over and over again...