Word: ticket
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...songs, the nonstop snazz and of course the bawdry - or, as she puts it, "hits, glitz and tremendous tits." Innuendo goes out the window when Miss M. comes to town. The clerk at the ticket desk offers the friendly warning that this is "adult entertainment," and inside you'll hear Midler caution the crowd, "Please don't call the Pope if you see a tit or two." You won't have to phone Rome; skinwise, the show is pretty chaste. Bette relies on one of her longtime characters - Soph (for Sophie Tucker), the oldest babe in show business - to supply...
...narrator, plays the proprietor of a bodega in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge, introducing and interacting with a dozen characters, from the college girl who disappoints her parents by dropping out of Stanford to the aging neighborhood matriarch who wins $96,000 after buying a lottery ticket. Miranda's songs glide effortlessly between mellow hip-hop, salsa dance numbers and Latin-flavored arias that express the frustrations, dreams and community pride in Miranda's family-friendly world. No pimps or drug dealers on these mean streets; In the Heights is both a hip and an improbably wholesome show...
...slogan "A President we won't have to train." But the public mood was sour on Washington, and victory went to an outsider, Ronald Reagan, who had never served in Washington. Eight years later, the mood was stay the course, and Bush's experience as Vice President was his ticket to victory. Then the atmosphere turned again, and in 1992 the public demanded someone new. Baker, a former Secretary of State, still believes that a candidate with credentials should certainly tout them, but in the end, "there's no such thing as presidential experience outside of the office itself...
...Visions of a Dream Team Many people have proposed their idea of the ideal Democratic ticket [Feb. 18]. Here's mine: Obama for Prez, with John Edwards for Veep and Clinton for Secretary of State. The arrangement would be the best of all possible combinations. Obama would bring the inspiration of Kennedy's Camelot, Edwards as Vice President would preclude Bill's getting in the way, and Hillary would get a policy-heavy job she can sink her teeth into. The ticket would be so damn compelling, the Republicans would probably concede in October. Ronald D. Green, San Jose, Calif...
...Visions of a Dream Team Many people have proposed their idea of the ideal Democratic ticket [Feb. 18]. Here's mine: Obama for Prez, with John Edwards for Veep and Clinton for Secretary of State. The arrangement would be the best of all possible combinations. Obama would bring the inspiration of Kennedy's Camelot, Edwards as V.P. would preclude Bill's getting in the way, and Hill would get a job she can sink her teeth into. The ticket would be so damn compelling, the Republicans would probably concede in October. Ronald D. Green, SAN JOSE, CALIF...