Word: walks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...group of tourists walk by and stop to read Concepcion's signs. They are speaking another language, and Concepcion asks them what it is. "I speak French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and English. But these tourists are Dutch, and Concepcion shrugs as she says, "You see, I could teach school. I used to teach school...
When the day finally comes, no one is happier than I am. My small group of faithful companions (some of them have been doing this longer than I have) and I pile into a car and park illegally somewhere in downtown Boston. Unable to walk, we sprint from the car to the ballpark. happier than clams, we find our unusually-poor seats and sit down...
...many Americans, these modern-day ogres offer a perverse thrill. "Serial killers are the werewolves of the modern age," declares Hart Fisher of Champaign, Illinois, who published the Dahmer comic. "By day they walk around unassuming, then boom! By night they turn into monsters. People want to know why." The most fascinated seem to be the most nonviolent people of all, "the kind who would find a spider in the bathroom and take it outside with a tissue," says crime writer Ann Rule, who turned her experience on a suicide- prevention hotline alongside fellow volunteer -- and serial killer -- Ted Bundy...
...England with expressionistic verve and cinematic speed of transition. The actors are adequate, save for irksome mugging by the chorus, and the singing is mostly fine, with opera diva Shirley Verrett gloriously belting the score's two standards, June Is Bustin' Out All Over and You'll Never Walk Alone. The dances by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, who died during rehearsals, are bold and lively, although they bring the storytelling to a halt. The race-blind casting, if historically inaccurate, does not jar because this is clearly a fable...
...girlfriend, sister, and mother. Conversely, (and especially for women) don't buy everything you hear. Men often flock certain bars on the hunt for American women--who have a reputation of being loaded and easy. If someone says you have a beautiful accent and then invites you for a walk along the dark beach, it's time to walk away...