Word: stared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...certain camaraderie in piling into Professor James Kugel's "Bible" class with 900 of your closest fellow Harvardians. It makes you feel part of the Harvard experience to know that half your class has also taken Ec 10. And who would want to miss the opportunity to stare at the rafters of Sanders Theatre during class...
...screen lately, in Heat and City Hall, Pacino has grown more manic and mannerist. The finger snapping, the zany intensity of his stare and the sudden, ferocious barks are weirdly suggestive of the older, crabby, haunted Jerry Lewis. As Pacino soars into camp, one wonders: Is he a failed great actor or a great bad one? But onstage, he relaxes a bit. He knows the spectators are creating their own close-ups, so he plays piano: softer and with nuance. He gets to the tiredness of Erie and to the semisweet-chocolate heart of this frail playlet, and transforms...
...legs are really getting strong, particularly the thigh and calf. The nurse will hold the leg straight up, holding the knee with one hand and the foot with the other and pushing with all his body weight. I can't feel anything in the right leg; I just stare at it. But I feel the tension in the left...
...beers came, but I decided I was really in the mood for something else. I asked for a Diet Coke. I received a blank stare. My bad. They call it Coca Cola Light out here. I tried again in broken Japanese, "Coca Cola Light Onegai-shimasu." This time, the response was only laughter--not only from the bartender/chef but also from Ishii-san and the dozen or so other people in the restaurant...
...laughing. I told him that I like food so much that I would rather eat my calories than drink them, the same rationalization my parents used on me when I was a fat fourth-grader to convince me to switch to that chemical-laden elixir. Only a blank stare and a cloud of smoke even Marge Schott would envy greeted this explanation...