Word: spokenness
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...least, coming at the end of a week during which President Bush had reiterated that Tehran was part of an Axis of Evil, Secretary of State Rice had chided Iran as the "central banker of terrorism," and Washington's man at the UN, John Bolton, had spoken of a threat from Iran akin to "9/11 with nuclear weapons." Yet within hours of Iran's national security chief announcing on Thursday that Tehran was open for talks on Iraq, the Bush Administration made clear that it was, too. Both sides continued to trade barbs in public - the Iranians insist they...
...brewing conflict with Fatah will test Haniya?who, as it happens, drives an ancient Toyota. His elevation has been courtesy of Israel's success in killing or arresting earlier Hamas leaders. Friends and Hamas colleagues say Haniya is soft-spoken and a good listener. He is described as a man with few enemies, which makes him a rarity in the politics of the Middle East. Haniya and Abbas are said to like each other. But as Zai Abu Amar, a legislator with ties to Hamas, says: "This is Haniya's first job in politics?and it's as Prime Minister...
...Pimp’s Tango” commands the attention of both the wretched whorehouse and the captivated audience. His “Call from the Grave” is bone-chilling, even in a story that is for the most part black comedy, and his spoken-word acting is powerful and eloquent.The most thematically challenging parts of the story (the fake happy ending, the “Useless Song”) are perfectly executed, but the intentional attempt by the performers and the stage director to alienate the audience and complicate the script often obscure the basic storyline. Very...
...medley, one takeoff on “All That Jazz” from “Chicago,” and one on “Chicago’s” “Cell Block Tango”)—yet the only words spoken were, as the scene title insinuates, “meat and potatoes,” endlessly repeated. At first this concept seems like an indulgent expansion of an actor’s exercise in which an entire conversation consists of one word used with varying inflections, but the genius of Wan?...
...nightmare: a large crowd has gathered in a restaurant in the small town of Montrose, Pa., on a sunny Sunday afternoon in February to listen to the Democratic candidate running in the 10th Congressional District, a rural conservative bastion considered "safe" for Republicans. The candidate, Chris Carney, is soft-spoken and well informed. The audience is enthusiastic and predominantly Democratic, but peppered with Republicans who seem every bit as angry about the Bush Administration as do the Democrats. One man, dressed in a jacket and tie, stands up and confesses he's a lifelong Republican who can't vote...