Word: waywardly
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...Kirov's artistic focus seems insecure, even wayward. In the decades when such companies as the Kirov and the Bolshoi were rarely glimpsed, they had a potent aura of mystery. Classical ballet and the music of Tchaikovsky were, after all, their heritage. When a Nureyev or a Baryshnikov fled the country, people imagined that the Kirov was full of such melancholy geniuses. Now, with frequent touring, it is easy to decide for oneself the quality of the emperor's clothes...
...contain or adequately characterize The Perez Family in a plot summary. For, writer Robin Swicord (Little Women) and director Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala) have crammed their film to bursting with wayward characters and strangely arresting incongruities. Nair has called the movie "an overripe mango," and that's as good a metaphor as any for a juicy, messy, exotic and utterly delicious treat...
...soon learn that the Russian sub plot is a red herring. The real cold war is being waged between these two American officers. The real explosive device is inside Captain Ramsey's wayward head. And the film's real theme is executive stress. It's a charged debate among middle-management types agonizing over fuzzily transmitted orders from their boss, who happens to be the President...
...then there is an anomaly named Mike Tyson. A TV movie about the wayward boxer's life, which airs this month on hbo, deftly portrays the former world heavyweight champion as a ruined young man devoid of the sportsman's archetypal inner drive. Witness an Iron Mike without an iron will...
...tense, closed meeting this afternoon, with Hatfield's longtime colleagues opposing the harsh punishment. A handful of Hatfield opponents, notably GOP Senate freshmen Connie Mack of Florida and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, were outnumbered. But Tumulty says their anger touched off a sharp debate on how to punish wayward party leaders in the future. She also warns that Hatfield still may not get off scott-free. "Bob Dole is not going to forget this," she adds. "His whole premise of running for president is leadership, and if you can't get people to follow you, what does that...