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...Molly, Lily and their friends are witty, if unfinished, particularly since we only know about them through the anecdotes of the narrators. Because they discuss mutual friends, Molly and Lily never describe anyone fully enough for the reader to grasp their personalities. We are left with tidbits, sufficient to spark interest, but not to relay complete identities...
...convinced that 2 Live Crew's album was seen as peculiarly inflammatory because black people are seen as peculiarly inflammable. The image is that young black men are like dry tinder waiting for an idle spark to set them off. And if they get that idle spark, they'll go wilding. I'm sure that if the same lyrics had come out of virile-looking young white boys, they would never have been prosecuted in the same...
Opponents also contend that the activist strategy can spark enormous anxiety in children and their parents. One boy was so depressed at his high cholesterol reading that he refused to join friends at picnics and beach parties. Says Dr. Abraham Bergman of the University of Washington, who has studied the psychological toll on youngsters of benign heart murmurs and sickle-cell trait: "Children pay a price for being labeled." There is concern too that overzealous parents will put their offspring on overly stringent diets that can deprive them of essential calories and nutrients and stunt their growth...
Just about the only spark of life is Poitier's flamboyant performance. Not that the spark is always warming. Though Poitier, 64, is still a magnetic screen presence, his precise diction, darting gestures and eccentric pauses have become so mannered that any resemblance to flesh-and-blood conversation seems merely coincidental. In his big courtroom speeches, one can hardly find the legal arguments amid the actorish flourishes. No real judge would be swayed, but the Emmy jury will undoubtedly be bowled over...
...most recently, opposition to his appointment as head of MCAD was strong enough to spark the formation of a coalition trying to block...