Word: pleasingness
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All the while, Reagan was also conducting affairs of state, the most important being the preparation of his Inaugural Address. The work began in standard fashion: aides delivered to Reagan copies of every Inaugural speech from George Washington's to Jimmy Carter's, a dozen advisers submitted memoranda...
Scottie Templeton is one such com pulsive performer. To him, silence is gelding and only two sounds are pleasing: his own voice and his listener's laughter. As the central character, comic relief, raisonneur and raison d'être of Bernard Slade's play Tribute, Scottie kept...
Pinter abandons the usual tools for needling and prodding an audience into adopting new ideas. His story does not unfold slowly, but weaves backwards, beginning in 1977 and ending in '68 (the skips are irregular: this is not a "flash back each year on Christmas to see how far they...
Nevertheless, director Josh Milton--blessed with a talented, hyperkinetic cast--manages an enjoyable rendition of Greasepaint. He proves that with enough brass, good cheer, white teeth, and confetti, even the most banal of musical comedies can become pleasing.
Why can't the Moral Majority accept the liberal doctrine of toleration? Didn't Christ preach toleration? He sighs; you have "intellectualized" and "interpreted" the Bible again. "I cannot be tolerant and be a Christian too. Jesus pointed to the religious leaders of his day and said, 'You're a...