Word: yarns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...another one" is about the best description there is for it. Yet another man-remakes-woman Eliza Dolittle story. Yet Another dork-becomes-diva Clueless yarn. Yet another token effort to lightly evaluate the competitive arenas of cutthroat youth culture, a la Varsity Blues. Yet another excuse for beautiful Clearasil poster children to cavort in trendy togs and perform breathtaking cell phone stunts. It screams designer soundtrack and even more designer reality, every honest fiber of your being wants to oppose it. In your snider moments, you deprecate that you could write this screenplay your-self. Let's be honest...
...role in the Holocaust. Or when Cuba altered its attitude (somewhat) toward Christianity, and Castro invited the Pope for a visit. Or when Northern Ireland made a formal decision not to keep killing itself (for a while). The sound of one mind changing can make one hell of a yarn...
Like all hobbies, knitting has a price. For Lewis, the price is over $100 a year. At Woolcott, a ball of yarn can range from $3 to $30 and beyond. Still, the rewards of knitting are vast. Malsberger and Lewis have both taught their roommates and friends to knit and according to Malsberger, knitting makes her a better friend. "Sometimes it helps me give good advice. You know: knitting, feeling maternal," she jokes. The friends and loved ones of knitters reap benefits as well: good advice, well-knit socks and all the uni-suits their hearts desire...
...restaurant, the Parrot Cay or the Animators' Palate, where for dessert they get to "paint" their own sundae with chocolate, strawberry and mango sauces. Then it's off to one of three Broadway-style shows, which, as of last week, needed a lot of doctoring. One, a pirate yarn called Voyage of the Ghost Ship, is a calamity unworthy of the Disney name...
Mackerel by Moonlight by William F. Weld: The ex-Governor of Massachusetts and former federal prosecutor spins a suspenseful and allegedly hilarious yarn about a former assistant U.S. attorney who joins a white-shoe Boston law firm. With political aspirations ignited, he runs for the Senate but is menaced by a scandal from his past...