Word: twitch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rose threatened DiMaggio's record with a 44-game hitting streak, the longest in the history of the National League. The caravan of newsmen chronicling Rose's every twitch, starting with what he had each day for breakfast, left out the commonly known fact that a paternity suit was imminent and his life away from the field was a shambles. Always his favorite place, the diamond had become his only haven, and every night he got a hit. "Damn, I'm going bad," he muttered aside one night to one of the reporters, who said, "Huh?" Rose threw...
...speedy talk tends to jar listeners--which is the main reason why attending T.M.U. lectures is as stimulating as gulping down a gallon of Jolt cola. "People around me start to twitch," says Maschitta. "I can start talking and I know they are going to be up until...
...does not know at first, and his superiors give him little help. His producer, a pretentious man who cannot stick to one language, prefers to give him carte blanche, saying in English "I believe in you, Walter." His young lover scrupulously films Walter's every twitch, simultaneously mocking his efforts at producing an original operatic extravaganza. And Mozart, who from time to time peers at the goings-on from a distance, only offers Walter a kiss on the lips as a token of support. Left to his own devices, Walter tries his best to put some new intriguing twists...
Accommodations on this twelve-day flight are terrible. We are both strapped in so tightly we can hardly budge. Our every twitch is monitored by electrode caps on our heads. I tried to be good but after five days, I had had enough. Tugging about with my shoulders, I wrenched my left arm free of its restraint. I tore off my nameplate. I don't know why but I enjoyed it. I must have ripped off something else in the process, because now my food supply tube seems to be stuck. Fortunately, the juice dispenser still works. Barring a bumpy...
...ANNEE DE Meduses, The Year of the Jellyfish, is a second installment in what promises to be a new genre--or perhaps a twitch or movement--in French cinema: "the beautiful psychotic girl on the beach" film. It was introduced to American audiences last year by Jean-Jacques Beneix in his film adaptation of the bestseller 90 Degrees in the Shade. While the resulting film, Betty Blue, was the tale of an artist struggling against a world of assholes, Frank's story is that of a teenager named Chris (Valerie Kaprisky) struggling against the sterile adult promiscuity and warped class...