Word: tenderizer
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...Lost, Costard insults an acquaintance for his "halfpenny purse of wit." Now, because of inflation, the tiny (approximately ⅝in.) coin costs more to make than its value of 6?. Last week the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the halfpenny will not be recognized as legal tender after this year...
...details of Reagan's policies. The execution was left to Tuesday Team Inc., the cadre of Madison Avenue superstars recruited for the re-election account. Few of them had done political commercials before; their experience lay in dreaming up singing felines for Meow Mix cat food and tingly, tender ads for Pepsi-Cola. Disappointed with the mediocre political spots used in 1980, Deaver and Nancy Reagan this time insisted on high-gloss commercials. Their view: the ads should be of a quality befitting a President. The Tuesday Team was happy to oblige. "For the Madison Avenue guys, that...
Allegro Brilliante and Giselle both portray relationships between a man and a woman. In Giselle the story follows the age-old theme of a shy, young girl meeting the impetuous, passionate boy. Balanchine abstracts this theme in Allegro Brilliante. The paradigm of love is no longer a tender glance or a sweet embrace, but a pas de deux--the balletic interpretation of the partnership between the sexes...
There is a twist to this oft-told tale. Swann, who avoids love because he is afraid of suffering, steps out of the role set by his clique. Odette longs to play a part denied to the demimondaine; "should I play the piano or be tender?" She asks the anguished Swann. Yet Swann is wracked by his own questions; he sees no future with Odette, but can not bring himself to break with her. He remains mired in a belief that love is a "sickness" he cannot cure until it has done its damage...
Said Brett, who has been limping along gingerly on a tender muscle: "All of our question marks have turned into exclamation points...