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...turn slowly towards the backseat, toward the agony of truth, for I know this implausibility can only come from within, that the exterior world however cruel could never dream such an exquisite torture, but as I look I see my horror mirrored in the twisted gaze of Ginsburg #1, stiff body and loose jaws quivering at the impossibility, and the consequence is significant to arouse even the sensibilities of our rumpled compatriot, shifting and moaning, voices a thought: "Man, wouldn't it be a freak if someone turned Reagan on? I mean, shit, if he just had one light...
...always been a theatricality about Adams' music -- the 1981 Harmonium was a vivid choral setting of poetry by John Donne and Emily Dickinson -- and in Nixon its dramatic qualities have flowered. The figures are sharply characterized: Nixon (James Maddalena), for example, is a gruff baritone whose music is often stiff and halting, while Chairman Mao (John Duykers) is cast as a heldentenor. His body may be weak, but his mind and voice are as vigorous as Siegfried...
...them behind their backs. For them, propriety and gentility are all-important. Strong emotions are not allowed to upset the teacart. Jack describes his love for Kitty--"Well, this is the real thing. Marriage and all that."--as if it were a minor inconvenience. These characters have such stiff upper lips that they cannot kiss...
...real turn for the worse. That, he continued, might give the Democrats enough political clout to shove through a big increase severely trimming back Reagan's cherished tax cuts, either by ramming one through over the President's veto or by winning the 1988 election and enacting a stiff boost after Reagan left office. The President showed great reluctance to accept the advice that he should compromise on a modest boost now. But, says one participant, eventually the "President bought the ((Greenspan)) argument that if the economy goes down the tubes you lose the whole thing, the whole legacy...
...second down, Yohe hit Lucas across the middle for a gain of 15 to the Brown 10. On that play, Yohe set the school yardage record. But a combination of penalties and sacks pushed Harvard back, and Jacob ended up missing a 35-yard field goal into a stiff wind wide right, and Brown took over on the Harvard 20 for its final possession of the day with 1:46 on the clock...