Word: sparely
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...Analyze This, we have certain expectations. We know that there must be a) a scene in which Robert De Niro embarrasses himself by spouting touchy-feely psychobabble to his Mafia rivals and b) a scene in which Billy Crystal is called upon to impersonate a gangster. I will spare you the suspense; both of these scenes are indeed in the film, one of them more than once. But the film has surprises, even within the more predictable scenes. Primo Sindone (Chazz Palminteri)'s reaction to Paul's expressed desire for "closure" is priceless, and Ben's chrome-suited "consigliglieri...
Spanidou's language is spare, allowing for some sudden moments to simple truth and beauty. This simplicity lends a dreamlike sense to the novel. Spanidou has succeeded in creating the atmosphere of a fairy tale and has created an ominous feeling of fear. It is this atmosphere, in combination with the strength of the characters, that carries the book. The author's discussion of the nature of fear is not as original or exciting as she obviously hopes it to be, but she has managed to draw a picture that will make a lasting impression on the senses and emotions...
Then my 17-year-old brother got on the phone. "Why don't you just put the spare on?" It hadn't really occurred to me yet. "If you call triple-A for this you're lame." He concluded, and then handed the phone back...
...went to the trunk and found the spare, jack and that wrench thingy that can double as a murder weapon in times of emergency. I had learned how to do this all a while back, but apart from the fact that the jack goes somewhere under the car and is somehow made to lift the car up, I didn't remember much. So I consulted the owner's manual, which is of course written, or rather drawn, in such a way that, whenever possible, coherent sentences are substituted with a shoddy drawing...
...wasn't until this point that I realized that the spare was closer in size to Harvard dining hall bagels than to the other tires. It looked like it belonged on a bike....a very small bike. What could I do? I put the spare on mounting, then searched around in the gravel for the bolts that I hadn't been smart enough to put somewhere safe, and finally I had tightened all of the bolts again. I wound down the jack, and packed everything back into the trunk, including, (for sentimental value,) the shreds of rubber...