Word: tamed
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Weaver's final duel with Macduff is much too tame, particularly for those who saw Christopher Plummer's breathtaking swordplay in Cyrano recently. At the end, he pulls out a dagger and seems about to commit suicide when he falls off a parapet; suicide is something no real Macbeth would entertain...
...only a middling student who did not do enough reading, Coffin says he was "very fond" of him. Indeed, he observes, "the real moral of this story may be that to do evil, you don't need to be a Bengal tiger. It is sufficient to be a tame tabby...
...drug's effects on the body can, in fact, be deadly. Most doctors prescribe methaqualone in capsules of 150 mg. to 300 mg., one of which should be enough to put the average adult to sleep. But drug abusers are not content with such tame dosages. Their usual pattern is to take two or more, and then wash them down with a few pints of beer...
Sometimes they are called "Big Brother," sometimes the "Whiz Kids," often just "the White House Presence" -but never to their faces. Quietly, they have moved out of the inner circles of the White House and into key positions in the balky federal bureaucracy that President Nixon is determined to tame. From their new posts, often as second-level deputies in the departments, they can both influence policy and keep the President posted on how well it is being carried out-as well as who might be getting...
...suddenly as she is brought up, La Catalina is mysteriously dropped after one chapter. For his final showdown with her, Castaneda will need an "ally," a spirit he must conquer for his personal use. In the last pages of the book, Castaneda meets his ally but does not tame it. Finally, Don Juan tells Castaneda that he will not explain anything more to him; the tutelage is ended...