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American culture vultures generally gush over the vigor and variety of the London stage and lament that their own vidiotic society offers nothing comparable. But for the past couple of years, although London's sheer theatrical volume has vastly exceeded Broadway's, the quality of new work has been conspicuously higher in the U.S., and London's saving grace has been imports, with recent best-play awards going to works from Ireland, Chile and New York City. The dependence is even deeper when it comes to musicals. When three opened in one week last month, the only homegrown entry...
HARRY WILSON--The ultimate gov jock.Campus GOP poster boy appeals to both politicalstripes with his winsome toothy grin anddiplomatic skills. His La Flamme brush cut will goover well on the international scene. And hisGreek blood gives him vigor...
...there are wonderful moments, too: the Doctor, clearing the sofa in one glorious leap, or running stones through his hand like shekels; his wife and daughter, peeping round the doors curiously as he speaks to visitors. But the chief strength of this production lies in its huge enthusiasm. The vigor of the cast and crew turns what might have been a turgid morality play into engaging entertainment...
House of Blue Leaves is, in fact, a veritable zoo. Flamboyant Bunny Flingus wants nothing more than to go to Hollywood, where, she imagines, "they're out there frigging and frugging and swinging and eating and dancing." It is the absence of exactly this vigor that Bunny notices in would-be songwriter Artie Shaughnessy: "no man takes a job feeding animals in the Central Park Zoo unless he's afraid to deal with humans...
...example, President Bush, Pentagon officials and other military experts have been openly skeptical about what military force can achieve. They often cite fear of being drawn into a "quagmire" as reasons for avoiding the use of force. Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney expresses this view with particular vigor. It is apparent that because the situation in Yugoslavia seems so messy--because the prospects of a speedy solution seem uncertain--the president has determined that no action is the right action. But he is wrong...