Word: taunts
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...pizza boy who tears it. A hunky delivery guy, shown only from the biceps down, he arrives with an order midway through the film, and the women taunt and ogle him in a not-so-subtle commentary on the way men objectify women. Then Natalie lures him into her bedroom for a "tip," strips off his clothes and engages in a steamy midday roll in the hay. A startled male critic's first thought is that this is an odd place for a fantasy sequence...
...third syllable, the GIBSON/MILLER BAND could pass for prime rockers, make big money and be forgotten by Labor Day. Instead, country can claim them as new stars of its make-believe barroom. On their album Where There's Smoke, they are tough guys with heart and humor. They can taunt a lady friend's angry father ("Your daddy hates me/ Much as I love you . . ./ He don't know we're a lot alike,/ You been keepin' us both awake all night") or wail like good ole boys stranded at the altar ("She's gettin' a rock...
...Falcone, assassinated in a similar blast in May, had won only feeble support from Rome. Nonetheless, the courts managed to put more than 400 suspected mobsters on trial and convict the vast majority of them. But now the Mafia has challenged the prosecutors to back off, and its bloody taunt has thrust the country into a crisis of confidence, adding fear of civil disorder to serious economic troubles. Commented the Corriere della Sera: "We have chosen leaders who are very capable of shedding tears but perfectly incapable of assuming grave duties." The month-old government of Prime Minister Giuliano Amato...
...confusing, but it soon loses its auraof mystery. (See sidebox on terminology.) If acaller is good, the moves come relatively easily,and dancers "get into the groove" as the eveningprogresses. Anyone who feels graceless should trysquare dancing. The swing and the swirl of it,the twirl and the taunt of it will make eventhose with two left feet feel like...
...school-yard brawl, the opening provocation was a taunt: "Independence!" But within 36 hours, the war of words between the republic of Slovenia and forces of the Yugoslav People's Army had escalated into a real fight, with the two sides trading lethal blows that left at least 40 dead and many more injured...