Word: uptightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years. More surprising is that Bismarck is not regarded by schoolmates as a hopeless nerd who hangs only with fellow brainiacs. "He's not a teacher's pet," attests his buddy Ruben Ramirez, a self-described jock. "You'd think with all that work, he'd be boring and uptight, but he's loose and he's real funny." Bismarck, for his part, says he just likes to work hard: "I'm happier knowing I'm doing the most I can and achieving the highest...
...front of an audience of complete strangers and smoke a cigar a la Slick Willie, The Comedy Connection is the place to be on Thursday night. The featured comedian is Frank Santos (better known as "The R-Rated Hypnotist") and he'll no doubt have even the most uptight pre-meds laughing out loud. 8:30 p.m., The Comedy Connection, Faneuil Hall Marketplace 2nd Floor (Government Center T-Stop...
...incredible person," she said. "He'snot uptight. Everyone has so much respect forhim...
...Rainville of the American School of Astrology. "Clinton has no planets opposing him, and Mercury and Venus are in alignment. On the 16th he will be getting good advice. He will have Sun sextile Jupiter, which gives vision and ideas. On the 17th he will be very cool, not uptight at all." What about Ken Starr? "Things look difficult. He's got Mars conjuncting his natal Saturn. He'll feel tired, obstructed, like he's not getting anywhere. Starr has a Saturn sun; he's a person who needs recognition. Clinton is a Leo, and Leo is like...
...When the uptight Ippolite Ippopolitovich Popolitipov, or "Popo" (Chuck O'Toole '97), and the fidgety Yegor Tremens Rodent, or "Rodent" (Matthew Johnson '99), enter just after Aleksii's speech, one's feelings become torn. It is obvious that the two men are going to destroy both Aleksii and Serge--and they do, both morally and literally--but their coldness and ludicrous idiosincracies just make them all the more hilarious to watch. Johnson displayed his great versatility as an actor in last spring's Catch 22, and he does so again in Slavs!. Rodent, a stuttering likeness of Nathan Lane, captivates...