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...actor’s last moment of anonymity. “Okay, I want you to do it again. This time, I’m going to give you a spasm. Your leg,” Hanley says. Making the auditioning actor incorporate a nervous tic into her monologue is one of Hanley’s trademark moves, to see how well the actors respond to direction. Although most of the casting decisions come down to intangible factors like “presence” and their particular “fit” for “Chicago...
...Here goes,” Lawrence H. Summers muttered as he stood in the hallway of the National Bureau of Economic Research on Jan. 14, 2005.Pacing from wall to wall, the soon-to-be-embattled Harvard president dragged his right forefinger in circles around his mouth, a nervous tic he had developed long ago. It was Summers’ unique mix of contemplation and impatience, what “The Thinker” might do to pass the time. In his hand, he gripped a single page of handwritten notes, the outline of a speech ostensibly titled...
This blue substance is: A super-absorbent polymer 13% An ant farm 77% An anti-termite gel 10% An underwater tic-tac-toe game...
...double-CD set opens with “Shaker” (from the 1993 album of the same name), a churning pot of jangly guitars that threatens to boil over as each tinny cymbal clang and distorted chord is added to the brew. The song is all twitchy, nervous-tic buildup; I’m searching here for a modern mainstream reference point, but coming up empty. This song, and those to follow, have a rich mellow ambience that no radio-friendly band has managed to emulate, but it’s notable that these tunes could fit comfortably...
...like tic-tac-toe,” Solley said. “We were just trying to come together tonight and it happened. Anytime all three forwards touch the puck it’s great...