Word: squirms
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Klugman still plays tough guys as well as anyone in terms of face and gesture. But the voice is an essential instrument for an actor, and his now lacks both resonance and nuance. Some spectators ache for him, others squirm in discomfort, but few can immediately lose themselves in the character and story line. Randall, who played comedy with depth and complexity on his TV series Love, Sidney, is hammy onstage, if less excruciatingly so here than in a Feydeau farce last season...
...defense, the story isn't any better. Princeton goalie Alison Keiller collected Defensive Player of the Week by racking up six saves in 36 minutes to help the Tigers squirm by a punchy Dartmouth team in overtime...
...photo session in a Hollywood studio. Sally, who belongs to a local animal trainer, has a rudimentary understanding of human language, so she was able to follow simple verbal commands like "Sit." The problem, though, was getting her to remain still for several minutes at a time. She would squirm, twitch and monkey around with the photographic equipment. The crew used grapes, apples, carrots, raisins and even bananas as bribes to get Sally to cooperate. Thirteen hours later, Balog had all the pictures he needed...
...comes off as precious; Almodovar is careful not to let his tricks upstage the story he tells. Half romance, half horror flick, "Law of Desire" displays a ferocious energy sadly lacking from Almodovar's more recent efforts; it showcases the full talents of a director who can make audiences squirm...
...campaign promises transform into presidential proposals, sometimes with startling differences, voters in Montgomery County are starting to squirm like patients in a dentist's waiting room. Everyone is resigned to a little pain, but all are praying they can avoid a full-blown root canal. "Basically, I'm preparing to have to dig deeper into my pockets in the near future," says Sherwin Eisman, the Republican mayor of middle-class Huber Heights (pop. 40,000), near Dayton. He fears that additional federal taxes will inspire local voters to reject any attempts to raise local levies, including a May ballot proposal...