Word: tend
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From the angle taken by this particular adaptation, the acting is first-rate. One does not tend to think of Ibsen as funny; this production favors a style of self-revelation that continually provokes laughter--and not a few hisses. But the acting, like the characterization, is not reduced to pure satire. Each person reveals psychological depths and complexities that figure into the overall ambivalence of the play. Will LeBow as Hjalmer comes across as a theatrical poseur in his own house, painting himself alternately as a self-sacrificing hero, a man of genius, and the loving patriarch...
Arriving uneven, never healed, gasping and yet certainly undanceable, unjumpable, and unslamable, the songs tend to root audience members, who are used to being able to recline in their sweet darkness (or their lover's sweet arms!), to a double-footed position on the floor, nearly impassive, as if unwittingly having looked upon a semi-hand-some, but helplessly stray, masculine Medusa. Sadness' vicar...
...result is that each year we try to glide through the holiday season without upsetting anyone. This is an important first step, because people tend to have strong feelings when it comes to religious issues, and we must ensure that students of all backgrounds feel comfortable voicing their concerns in a constructive manner. But such discussions have tended to sidestep the issue of religious diversity instead of really addressing...
Michael M. Luo '98, who is a Crimson editor, says high school students accept the fact that their likelihood of admission to Harvard may be smaller because of their ethnicity, but that they do not tend to have an "angry attitude" about the situation...
...alternative to changing the way cells process nutrients is giving them less to process in the first place. Studies have shown that rats whose caloric intake is 30% lower than that of a control group tend to live 30% to 40% longer. In humans, that would translate to a spartan diet of just 1,400 calories a day in exchange for 30 extra years of life...