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...touch of nerves for the one inning that I pitched in Illinois [in the Brecthelsbauer Classic],” Voaklander said. “So, in reaction to that, I had mentally prepared myself for Florida to keep cool while I was throwing. I may have been too cool at first—Coach [Jenny Allard] had to give me a friendly boost after the first inning—but it worked...
There is willful deception in this play, as well as self-deception. There is illogic and irrationality and pretentious dialogue sprinkled with Western slang. There are cumbersome metaphors galore (the goat, the burning barrel, the model airplanes). In short, the play needs a nuanced and delicate touch to prevent it from becoming dense and dull, which this company could not provide...
...ones. Spinning's consultants are the biggest heels in this story, except for their opponents. (Goldblum, who comes off creepy even in movies in which he's the hero, is particularly well cast.) Somehow they make us cheer for them to secure the re-election of the out-of-touch head of a corrupt regime through fearmongering and manipulation--to cheapen democracy in order to save it. --By James Poniewozik
...that they're willing to deal with the Kurdish veto later. (The Kurds, incidentally, believe the interim constitution granted them a de facto state that included Kirkuk - a misconception that could trigger a civil war, and, to the extent that it is shared in Turkey, touch off a wider regional conflict. But that's another story...
...Like monkeys at the zoo, tourists are at Harvard to be seen and laughed at. Don’t feed them dining hall scraps and please, don’t touch. Especially since the last thing they came into contact with was probably John Harvard’s foot...