Word: overdoing
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...Pentagon. For the same reason, there was no photo opportunity with O'Grady and the President in the Oval Office and no transcript of their meeting. "It was good news for once from Bosnia," says a senior White House official. "We made a conscious decision not to overdo...
Archie, as he prefers to be called, just gets more and more evil. Burning villages? A lark. Killing cattle? Child's play. Rape is a little more satisfactory, and torture is really quite charming entertainment. Treachery, of course, adds a subtle spice to purely physical violence. Caton-Jones may overdo the characterization a bit, but Roth's performance steals the show, no doubt about it. Lucky Archie, thankfully unkilted, gets some juicy background to play on. He is a bitter bastard son, his possible fathers narrowed down to three. The material may be good, but it is Roth's control...
...overdo domestic chores after a hard day at the office...
...times, however, both the actors and the writer overdo it. The second half of the play, though full of slapdash action, is woefully short on the humor that characterizes the first. When Sonnenschein's script puts trite psychobabble into the mouths of these Tulsa bowling enthusiasts, the effect is unconvincing...
...produce sales. The union provided testimony from some former employees who complained of ulcers and 15-hour stretches of work without breaks. Nordstrom acknowledges its hard-driving culture but contends that the claims are exaggerated. Says co-chairman Jim Nordstrom: "Sometimes in an effort to increase production, management may overdo it. We're contest-motivated, and if that puts too much pressure on our people, I'll take the fall on this...