Word: undercutting
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These risible convolutions are undercut by another novelistic device: the interweaving of the dialogue with "spoken thoughts," asides from each character to himself and the audience. Form tangles with content here. Thematically, Strange Interlude is a tragedy about the dilemma of convention vs. desire, decorous actions vs. lancing passions. Formally, it is a tart ! comedy of contrasts between what we say and what we tell ourselves we believe. The tragedy is as hoary as a D.W. Griffith silent romance; the comedy is as up to date as The Real Thing. Appropriately, Keith Hack's production finds its tone in waggish...
...week's end John Paul landed in Peru, the birthplace of liberation theology. Speaking in Lima, he attacked radicals who seek to undercut the Catholic hierarchy, and urged priests and nuns to forsake "passing ideologies." After four days in Peru, John Paul was scheduled to touch down in Port-of-Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, before flying to Rome this week...
Norway, a non-OPEC oil producer, touched off the cartel's current troubles last October by cutting the price of its North Sea crude by $1.50 per bbl., to $28.50. Britain quickly followed Norway, which inspired OPEC member Nigeria to undercut both competitors and sell its oil for $28. OPEC tried to brake the price slide in October by reducing the output quota for its members from 17.5 million bbl. a day to 16 million in hopes that lower supply would mean higher prices. At the time, the group predicted confidently that as soon as oil refiners began building their...
...always, and the U.S. seems to have no new ideas for resolving it. Even if it did, the pullout of American Marines from Lebanon last year so damaged U.S. prestige in the region that experts believe Washington's ability to play a significant diplomatic role has been severely undercut for the near future. Israel too is planning to pull out of Lebanon; it announced last week that it would begin a phased withdrawal of its troops from the southern part of the country that could be completed in nine months (see WORLD). In effect, Jerusalem is conceding that...
...made a decision, I'll see that it's carried out. You get all kinds of opinions, and you want people around you who are not yes-men, who will speak up forcefully. But once that decision is made, you also want people who will carry it out, not undercut...