Word: tamely
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...works that might have the prospect of a commercial run in New York. That is a criticism that some have long made of the regionals; off-Broadway is still a more receptive place for certain kinds of stylistically experimental plays. "I find that sometimes theaters are a little tame when it comes to choosing their seasons. They want to cater to their audiences," says playwright Cruz. "A lot of regional theaters won't take chances with work that deals more with experimentation...
...Iraqis have proved resistant to "reconstruction" efforts in the past. Three years after the British tried to tame Mesopotamia, the Times of London complained about the futility of the project and--Karl Rove, take note--about its impact on domestic British politics: "While [the government] has spent nearly £150,000,000 since the Armistice upon semi-nomads in Mesopotamia [it] can find only £200,000 a year for the regeneration of our slums, and have had to forbid all expenditure under the Education Act of 1918." (The government was defeated by Labor...
...Those students who do not make the cut almost always leave to join (or form) other organizations where they feel that they can make more of a mark. Harvard extracurriculars make McKinsey’s famous two-year “up or out†promotions policy look tame...
...Iraqis have proved resistant to "reconstruction" efforts in the past. Three years after the British tried to tame Mesopotamia, the Times of London complained about the futility of the project and - Karl Rove, take note - about its impact on domestic British politics: "While [the government] has spent nearly ?150,000,000 since the Armistice upon semi-nomads in Mesopotamia [it] can find only ?200,000 a year for the regeneration of our slums, and have had to forbid all expenditure under the Education Act of 1918." (The government was defeated by Labor...
...Gaulle said he was motivated always by "a certain idea of France." Nostalgia for that exalted status, hunger for imperial gloire, is what animates French policy today. France does not expect to rival America but to tame it, restrain it, thwart it--and to accept the world's laurels for having...