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...spirit and, of course, better in bed. Overall, her observations suffer from a simplistic yearning for a nonexistent era when the poor were not blamed for their poverty, when people did not cram their appointment books and when college graduates pursued ideals instead of salaries. For all her wit and sharp insight, Ehrenreich offers no guarantee that she won't turn up cranky for dinner...
...Wiesbaden, Polhill exulted at seeing the sun for the first time after 1,182 days in windowless rooms, and he spoke in a hoarse whisper; doctors in the U.S., where he arrived at week's end, found a growth on his vocal cords. Still he displayed a lively wit and undiminished anger at his captors, which he said he had kept hot in order to avoid turning into "a vegetable...
...role of Cyrano is indubitably one a talented actor could cultivate. Few other productions afford an actor the opportunity to portray an adept swordsmen, a hero of battle, a wit of court society and a lover all in the span of two hours...
Connell's acting ability does the complex and exciting role justice. Loving and tender one minute, brash and forceful the next, his performance has incredible emotional range. And Connell insures that Cyrano's boisterous wit is constant through all vicissitudes. His wit infects the charmed audience which cannot help but cheer for him as he abides by his personal motto to "live as I please...
Elegant, who draws on the tradition of the John Gunther series that included | Inside Europe Today, is tirelessly entertaining. His recollection of Indonesia under the demagogic strongman Sukarno casts history as comedy. His chapter on Australia is a lesson on how charm, wit and isolationism cannot save a country from the effects of economic lassitude. Nevertheless, the book is flawed by a few of the author's quirks. He tries to imbue various transliterations of China's capital with poetry, alternating "Peking" (for the citadel redolent with the imperial past) with "Beijing" (for the colorless communist metropolis...