Word: squirms
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...misunderstood social reformer who threatens the rulers of Oz; her "wickedness" is their creation, not hers. As the Wizard (Joel Grey) puts it, "The best way to bring folks together is to give them a really good enemy." Imagine: a family musical that might make the Bush Administration squirm...
...make them ridiculous, it’s going to be those things which are specifically Harvard. The neuroses of everyone, the very intense psychological profiles, the general awkwardness here. I’m actually looking forward to depicting some of those incredibly awkward interactions in really unflinching and squirm-inducing detail...
...David Foster Wallace.” Maybe its subtle, subversive point was to prove that name-dropping doesn’t cut it where theater is concerned. During these pieces, the best seats in the house were those from which you could observe Summers trying his best not to squirm...
...assistant store managers in their 20s and more seasoned store execs, he rattles off the usual list of company accomplishments--the stock had zoomed from $11.95 in January to $27 by August--and generates considerable applause. Then Zimmer veers off in a direction that would make many shareholders squirm, as he explains his unorthodox business philosophy. "You know, at some point we can't pay you enough money to make you want to go to work," Zimmer says, his voice getting quiet. "That's why we have a different feeling at Men's Wearhouse, and the word fun is somehow...
FUND ABUSE: Spitzer is back. Now it's mutual funds' turn to squirm...