Word: thinly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Consider, for example, another just published novel, by another highly touted young writer, which, if it gets less exposure than Ellis', will probably win more praise: Two Girls, Fat and Thin, by Mary Gaitskill. And consider for a moment how the novel looks at men. The first of the eponymous girls is repeatedly -- and graphically -- abused sexually by her father (who, when not molesting her, pushes her down the stairs and calls her "an argument for abortion"); the other girl is abused, also graphically, at the age of five by a male friend of her father's. The boys...
...euphoria is wearing thin. As the troops head back to the U.S., misgivings about the nation and its future have also come marching home. A TIME/CNN survey conducted last week by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman indicates trends that are not totally unexpected but are nonetheless significant: Bush's popularity is eroding and the public is increasingly concerned about the economy. Democrats may want to think twice before conceding the 1992 election in advance...
...dismisses as a noisy dump full of intrusive hustlers. Instead, one heads for the outer islands, such as the Turneffe Islands, that are geared up for sporting tourism, mainly scuba diving, snorkeling and line fishing; or a small plane whisks you north to San Pedro on Ambergris Cay, a thin digit of land that protrudes south from the Mexican border. To the east is the barrier reef, which runs parallel to the coast, less than a mile offshore. To the west are mangroves and shallow flats, and then the low featureless Mosquito Coast. San Pedro, in between, is a pleasant...
...LIKE your ketchup thick or thin? Think carefully before you answer--it could be a matter of national security...
Stephen Fleming's solo in the opening number, Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl," was thin and stilted, and Daria Witt's lead in the next number, Smoky Robinson's "Tears of a Clown," was too reserved to convey the song's emotional power. However, both numbers were tightly arranged and well-staged. And the next song, "Since I Fell for You," made for a nice change of pace, with Amy Daley's lead skillfully communicating vulnerability...