Word: sourfulness
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...dramatic punch. And why make so much of the betrayal of Lt. Keefer (the egghead officer played by Fred MacMurray in the film) when he's on and off the witness stand before we barely know who he is? Zeljko Ivanek makes a mundane Queeg, David Schwimmer an overly sour defense attorney, and director Jerry Zaks plays too much of it for laughs. But did this play ever really work...
...coming months, seniors' reviews of the program may also turn sour as they approach the "doughnut hole," the term given for the gap in coverage after a beneficiary receives the first $2,250 in Medicare payments. The senior then must pay the next $2,850 in costs until the bill reaches $5,100 and Medicare resumes paying. For many seniors who signed up early, the doughnut hole will soon arrive. "Once they hit it, they're going to be enormously surprised and upset," says Pollack. "When they're in the doughnut hole and they pay 100% of their drug costs...
...union busting is illegal, Mackey persuaded the employees in the few stores that dared to collectivize to discontinue their efforts. Mackey’s customers, mostly Volvo-driving Kerry voters, have hardly batted an eyelash, and have continued patronizing his stores. But wouldn’t their soymilk turn sour if they knew that Mackey had voted for the libertarian candidate in the last presidential election...
...Chicago, there are lots of sour faces as passengers step off the South Shore Line's cramped 7:35 into Chicago's Randolph Street station from nearby Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind. The 90-minute trip, along the electric-powered silver train that in normal years carries about 13,000 passengers a day in relative comfort, has seen daily ridership spike to over 17,000 at points in recent months. What was once a leisurely, relatively pleasant way to start off and end the workday has become an exercise in elbow wrestling...
...need in the bottom of the first, courtesy of some small ball from its big boppers. Wilson lined a two-out single to left, moved to second on a well-executed delayed steal, and came around to score on senior Josh Klimkiewicz’s base hit to center.The sour note of the Crimson’s afternoon concerned Klimkiewicz. He injured himself in the fifth inning when the baserunner collided with his left arm as he tried to snare a wide throw. He was forced to leave the field and sat out the second game.—Staff...