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Ultimately, this Superstar abuses the talent of many of the people involved, undermining their work with direction that fails to transcend a simple staged reading. And although there are numerous opportunities for the production to overcome some of its weaknesses, the thick fog on stage during the show's opening moments seems to roll into the audience and remain there until the final curtain falls...

Author: By Dan L. Wagner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: All That Buzz: the Son of God in Song and Dance | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...Onnie Mayshak has what we call a big-time body," Sullivan said. "He's wide and thick and he can run. His experience is not as extensive since he played in Canada, so he has the added challenge of trying to understand a new team and a new level of intensity...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Era Dawns for M. Hoops | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

...weight control go up against several million years of human evolution. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors literally didn't know where their next meal was coming from. So evolution favored those who craved energy-rich, fatty foods--and whose metabolism stored excess calories against times of famine. Love handles, potbellies, thick thighs are all part of Mother Nature's grand design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Keep Getting Fatter? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...small fire continued near the driver's seat until the flames consumed the rest of the bus, sending a thick cloud of black smoke and a foul odor into the air, witnesses said...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fire Consumes Shuttle Bus Near Annenberg Hall | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...several Hebrew "mashals," two-part proverbial sentences that provided the "basic building blocks of wisdom" for the Israelites. In any mashal, Kugel asks, "What is the relationship between A and B?" A puzzling proverb requires thoughtful contemplation before its meaning becomes clear. Take Proverb 26:23, for example: "Like thick glaze on a cheap pot, ardent lips and an evil heart." "The thick glaze [of the pot] deceives the eyes," Kugel elegantly summarizes, "but underneath is crumbling clay." Similarly, "however much the lips of a flatterer or hypocrite may say pleasing things, underneath them is an evil schemer...

Author: By Matthew B. Sussman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kugel Riffs on Biblical Poesy | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

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