Word: sticking
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...returns to some of the theatrical elements of early theater in a way that is unusually expressive. “[M]y dancers, instead of just being these images on the stage, [are] allowed to engage with audience,” White says. “...Wink at people, stick their tongue...
...there's a difference between a replay and a do-over, fer crissakes. The next time a figure skating judge gets caught taking a juicy bribe from the Russian mob, should the sequined ladies stick around for the let's-try-this-again Olympics? How about a World Series Game 7 on Christmas Eve, as we keep playing the botched games over and over thanks to atrocious umpiring...
...recall these things because, in some ways, I am still like that. I’m not the kind of person who goes for palm readings or deciphers tarot cards, and I never thought Ms. Cleo was any more clairvoyant than a fortune on a popsicle stick. But as suspicious and dry as I may be, I like to think that there is some sort of order to things. It may as well be a cosmic...
...controversies - including the accusations of nepotism - that have eroded the support of his traditionalist voter base worried about values, honesty and responsibility," says Jean-Marc Lech, co-president of the polling company Ipsos. "Rama Yade is popular with those voters and others for appearing open, honest and ready to stick to her principles. That's making it hard for Sarkozy to get rid of her, especially since she's one of the last visible people he turned to [in order] to create a racially diverse cabinet." (Read "Sarko-Fatigue in a Ghetto of the Rich...
...President of cynically using Dati and Yade as token members of his government. But both women forged such strong characters and opinions in taking on prejudice as they made their way up France's political ladder that it is puzzling as to why Sarkozy should be surprised when they stick to their guns once they make it to the top. Indeed, Yade's willingness to go against the current is the main reason that she, like Dati before her, is such a public favorite. It's her attitude rather than her skin color that voters appreciate most. And that...