Word: thinning
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...Linda: No. I'd find somebody who's far thinner and more beautiful. What's the point in having your life portrayed if you can't have it glamorized? I'd want it to be a Latina actress--Cameron Diaz would be nice. I've never been tall and thin like that. Loretta: I've got a big booty, so I guess I'd have to go with...
...unisex shoes are made from the same stretchy mesh, leather and rubber materials as conventional sneakers. What sets them apart is that they roll up into neat, space-saving balls that can be tossed into any carryon or briefcase. The footwear does have drawbacks. The soles are too thin to jog on, so Reebok is touting its Travel Trainers as good for walking on the beach or treadmill and doing yoga. The brightly colored shoes, which retail for $75, have won fans in Britain, France and Japan, where Reebok sells them from vending machines at airports and train stations...
...distractions and gimmicks. There are childhood flashbacks that force grown actresses to talk like widdle girls. The literary men in their lives (Edmund Wilson, Philip Rahv) are trotted on and off the stage like stuffed dummies. There are actual stuffed dummies too--a cutesy stage device that wears thin quickly--and songs by Marvin Hamlisch and Craig Carnelia. The depths of pointlessness are reached in a vaudeville-style number featuring Frankie Fact and Dick Fiction, which tells us nothing about either. Hellman and McCarthy might yet agree on one thing: what this play needs is Roger Rewrite. --By Richard Zoglin
...ailing the maker of Eurekas and WeedEaters? CEO Hans Straaberg blames heavy competition and certain "under-performing" areas, notably room air conditioners, for which labor and supply costs at the Frigidaire plant in New Jersey are said to be too high. Analysts complain that the firm is spread too thin. Either way, the only winners seem to be dirty carpets...
...Spread Thin...