Word: openly
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Both Lowell and Winthrop underwent many of the same changes. New pocket doors replaced old, smaller doorways to facilitate easier access, and the formerly separated food preparation areas gave way to open, airy spaces to allow for more communication between diners and staff...
...composing poetry and short stories before deciding to write screenplays. Figuring "the best way to learn about movies was to become an actress," she fell for an old showbiz scam, signing up with a talent agency that charged hundreds of dollars for publicity pictures and then sent her on open casting calls advertised in Backstage...
...Seeing an ad for a "female Latina boxing chick," she showed up for the "Girlfight" open call. Despite the fact she arrived late and did nothing more than say her name and where she was from, she was one of three women called back. Indeed, pitted against nearly 350 other actresses and feeling out of place at the call, Rodriguez became pessimistic and upset during the "Girlfight" audition, her dark, mesmerizing eyes turning fiery with frustration...
With the college guide parody, though, the rest of us get to be in on some of the inside jokes, which is a nice change. For instance, part of the parody college roommate questionnaire on page 120 reads, 'I want a roommate that is considerate, flexible, amiable, open-minded and Natalie Portman.' Which is extra funny to us, because Natalie Portman goes to Harvard. Get it? And while Harvard comes in first in the rankings parody, Yale finishes at 10,347. Du-huh. That warm feeling you get reading a joke in the guide and knowing that...
...lyrical counterpoint to Christina Aguilera's "What a Girl Wants." In the latter, of course, the blond teen queen sings of boys who can please their girls by "knowing exactly" what they want. Madonna doesn't sympathize: "Good little girls they never show it / When you open up your mouth to speak / Could you be a little weak? / Do you know what it feels like for a girl...