Word: twitches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...supply-side economics is received at the White House to demonstrate his theory that poverty can be eliminated simply by eliminating all tax on capital gains a theory he illustrates with an impressive array of graphs, even though his performance is marred a bit by his tendency to twitch uncontrollably at times and by the fact that he is costumed as the French dauphin--and at the end of the presentation, James Baker says. "Are you sure it will work? Pragmatism...
...library tour that initiates the young student into the awe inspiring depths of stacks of dusty volumes. But these industrious kids do more than just listen to the tour guide. They are literally and physically carried away by the "waves of knowledge" contained in the library. Their hands twitch at the thought of all that "knowledge at their fingertips." Almost all of the dances in the first act display this whimsy. It is a quality that enhances both the assumed playfulness of the older dancers and the artless concentration of the younger ones...
...scientists have been put on the case to find out if Marino represents some genetic or neurological improvement in people. Around Miami, the mystery of his arm has been a welcome new intrigue, not to mention a cheerful national counterimage to Miami Vice. Theories have run from abundant fast-twitch muscle fibers to advanced eye- search patterns to the suspicious breadth of his thumb. What does the monster think? Marino takes a stiff Frankenstein step and laughs. "I dunno...
...Waldemar Chmielewski, a former lieutenant of the Polish secret police, stood up in the defendants' box, a nervous tic on the right side of his face caused his dark mustache to twitch uncontrollably. Chmielewski and three other members of the security forces went on trial two weeks ago in the city of Toruan, 100 miles northwest of Warsaw. They have been charged in last October's abduction and murder of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, a militant supporter of the banned Solidarity trade-union movement. It was Chmielewski's turn to testify last week, and the thought that his life might...
...effervescent, she attempts to rein herself in. When a band in Cleveland struck up New York, New York, Ferraro began swaying, but abruptly stopped. "I just love to dance," she half-apologized. For Mondale's introduction the combo played a catchy disco tune, but he did not even twitch. Yet Mondale seems invigorated by Ferraro; he speaks more forcefully and smiles more readily when she is around...