Word: verbalizations
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...Lewis criticized Mansfield for his irresponsibility in making what he called a "divisive" and "unsubstantiated" claim, but BSA called at its Feb. 9 meeting for sanctions beyond verbal criticism...
...Jean-Luc Godard is a mere 70, but he has been playing the role of the crotchety hermit-sage for decades. His Elogie de l'amour (In Praise of Love) is in two parts - the first, in black-and-white, a notebook of visual and verbal provocations. ("The question isn't whether man will survive but whether he deserves to.") The second part, shot digitally in carnival colors, concerns an old couple whose distant past as members of the French Resistance a Hollywood producer wants to turn into a film. This is an expression of Godard's distrust of Steven...
...point was never that the gags should be spontaneous; it was that they should seem spontaneous - the little inspiration that springs from conviviality, a modernist, ironic commentary on trivial proceedings, a way to keep the performers fresh and make the audience believe they were in on a verbal jam session - improvs that achieve a casual perfection. And that's Bing...
...what Brad Pitt or Britney Spears thinks of Japan, as though a mere glimpse of Narita's airport lounge would elicit any interesting thoughts at all. But interest is not the point here; it is a ritual, a formula. Foreign guests express their admiration, and their hosts accept these verbal tributes gracefully...
...Some in the ANC called for special legislation to make such verbal attacks on the president illegal. That is not a very democratic response. The First Amendment is neither alive nor well here. But it's also the natural reaction of a ruling party in a fledgling democracy, a ruling party that doesn't always see much virtue - or advantage - in a free press, at least compared to free electricity or water...