Word: manning
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...congressional hearing room, one of the more famous contestants carefully described how he had been instructed in the acting techniques appropriate to a man rising to conquer intense pressure. We then showed film of the show. As we watched his pretended labors of concentration and the jubilant excitement of the master of ceremonies at each successful prodigy of recall, the committee members and the audience burst into laughter. Yesterday's high drama had been transformed into today's hilarious farce...
...ceremonies in two weeks? Life for a young actress doesn't get much better than this. Following last fall's release of the indie sleeper Boys Don't Cry--in which she portrays Teena Brandon, a sexually confused Nebraska woman who was raped and murdered for posing as a man--Swank won Best Actress honors from critics in Los Angeles, New York City, Boston and Toronto. Her Golden Globe competitors are Meryl Streep, Annette Bening, Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore--and she's a near cinch for an Oscar nomination. Not bad for a 25-year-old whose flashiest roles...
...angry and in pain, Farrell says, but only women's pain receives public sympathy, while the news and entertainment media perpetuate negative images of maleness. For years men, especially fathers, have been portrayed, especially on TV sitcoms, as jerks, incompetents and fools. I have often wondered why this "man bashing" is considered acceptable, while the reverse is offensive...
...man didn't fade away. He just kept on gobbling, ate himself out of the box, devoured the competition and became Bezos. SID FRIEDFERTIG New York City...
Until the Ice Cream Man called, I thought I was a phony. Writing, after all, isn't like computer programming or shoe cobbling. Everyone can write, so my job is like being a professional talker or doodler, the latter of which, oddly enough, the New Yorker employs. But when the Ice Cream Man in Greenwich, N.Y., announced I'd won its Name That Ice Cream Flavor contest, I realized I indeed had a skill. My work, delivered under the pseudonym of a local resident, crushed the non-professional competition. I not only deserved my paycheck from TIME, but could probably...