Word: thinly
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...Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ), but the humor is never without an edge. When A querulously issues contradictory demands, prompting her nurse to comically scramble in exasperation, audience members are uncomfortably aware that their laughter is derived from an old woman’s senility. The thin line between humor and pain that Women treads is on full display at the end of Act One, when A delivers an anecdote about her husband that veers from amusing to uncomfortable to simply tragic, all within the span of a couple minutes...
More than 200 members of the community came to meet with us one afternoon. Hungry, thin and ill, they stayed for 3 1/2 hours, speaking with dignity, eloquence and clarity about their predicament. They are impoverished, but they are capable and resourceful. Though struggling to survive, they are not dispirited but are determined to improve their situation. They know well how they could get back to high ground...
...McGrath. "When I handed her the galleys, she pulled off her oxygen mask and pointed out an error in the typeface." In June, Williams finally held copies of her novel, Enter Sandman, printed months ahead of schedule. At the book's launch party three weeks before her death, Williams, thin and weak and wearing an outfit belonging to McGrath's 9-year-old daughter, told a crowd of friends and colleagues that writing the book was so rewarding that the past few months had been the best time of her life. "I feel like I've already died and gone...
It’s all a gimmick that cut outs before it wears too thin, whetting the appetite instead of turning the stomach. The poppy chorus of “BIT RATE VARIATIONS IN B-FLAT (Girl)” can’t fail to please, while “GAMEBOY/HOMEBOY (Que Onda Guero)” finds him once again attempting to rap with typically mixed results...
...Rahman. But she did not believe (and she still does not) that she was communicating any messages from Abdel Rahman to his supporters in Egypt. To Stewart, her actions were a method by which she could convey her client’s political views. This is, admittedly, a very thin and tenuous line that Stewart has tried to walk on; the government is right to prosecute her for her actions. But does she deserve to go to jail for 30 years? After all, no terrorism or violence came about because of the communication that Stewart had with the reporter. Stewart...