Word: spun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York Times article. Self-described "colored maiden ladies," Sadie, then 103, and Bessie, 101, had overcome daunting obstacles to become successful professionals and lead lives of inspiring grace. Their story was turned into a best-selling book and a Broadway hit show. Now Emily Mann has spun her little two-character play into a glorious panoramic TV movie, joyous and touching. Diahann Carroll plays sweet, pragmatic Sadie with lovely simplicity. In the showier role of the flinty Bessie, Ruby Dee gives as rich and true a performance as you could hope to see, snatching you by the heart and never...
...first Jack seems a bit trite because of his fabled old Western dialect of cute truisms and botched verbs, his "aw-shucks" likeability and his emphasis on his honest-to-God credibility. I was a bit critical about what might have been merely a tall-tale spun by a clever snake oil salesman, posing as a nice guy who had many incredible experiences. But the more I read, the more I was convinced of his absolute sincerity because of how human and tangible a character he really is. I thought I was listening to a storyteller speak rather than reading...
...Sketchy sketches in that black shoebox they call the Loeb Experimental Theatre? We're all about that. Overdirected, psychological manipulation? Spun wheels and poked emotional buttons? Spontaneous activation of our arid tear ducts? Precisely our kettle of tea! Not to mention the kicklines of beautiful storm troopers. We're so there. Already...
...should be President on Liddy gender? As a staunch democrat, no I will not. AL Gore'69 (should he win the primary) will get my vote. Although I support Elizabeth Dole, I would feel more comfortable if she were explicitly pro-choice or if she hadn't spun herself as a cookie-backing homebody when we Knew her as Presidential candidate Bob Dole's wife. (Her catty comments about the rate at which Hillary's hair underwent transformation were particularly uncalled-for.) But if I were still in high school and choosing which presidential campaign to help with...
...months in the U.S. during Hussein's cancer treatment were among their most enriching times together since the former Princeton cheerleader (ne Lisa Halaby) married the Arab monarch two decades ago. They lived at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, kept up on work in Jordan via e-mail, spun around in a Volkswagen Beetle, browsed in bookstores, walked in nearby woods and watched Canada geese settling down for autumn nights. "I never managed to get him out Rollerblading," says the Queen, whose Arabic name means "Light of Hussein." And then her voice breaks as she explains how "these moments meant...