Word: jointedness
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Yet one suspects that this preoccupation with Egyptian arcana has affected Drury's other literary skills. Drury was never famous for creating endearingly human characterizations; yet the figures in his latest book actually impress the reader as having been embalmed for a thousand years. They are not unbelievable--it is...
Joints and Antique Gravity. Being made from a single block, the figure has cracked badly: wood dries faster on the surface than at the core. To avoid this kind of damage, some Chinese and Japanese sculptors hollowed out their work from behind. This could not be done with freestanding pieces...
Elderly Ailment. Inflammation of the brain−which leads to fever, convulsions and, in some cases, death−can be caused by any of a large variety of viruses or bacteria or can follow a wide range of other illnesses. But the bugs responsible for the current outbreak of encephalitis...
The format is pure TV talk show; the content is not. In one episode the genial, loose-jointed M.C. welcomes a California real estate salesman named Frank Foglio, who tells a modern version of the loaves-and-fishes miracle: his mother, with 18 mouths to feed one night, prayed over...
Kempson's direction is equally professional--there are none of the awkward breaks between lines or scenes that often plague this kind of loosely jointed farce--and a number of the actors, in a show not traditionally renowned for unusual brilliance in this respect, achieve more than just competence. Lindsay...