Word: touching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movie has its moments--a cute line here, a nice touch there. Mostly, however, Nijinsky offers a series of stuffed Edwardian interiors with little passion to enliven them. Herbert Ross has done the unthinkable: made a film about dance that's heavy on its feet...
...know he is America's best-known preacher of the gospel of running. He has presented the swelling ranks of runners with a sequel to The Complete Book of Running (which, he acknowledges in the foreword to Jim Fixx's Second Book of Running, may have been titled a touch presumptuously...
...little use in forestalling an external attack. Moreover, the animosities aroused among Palestinians by the settlements would seem to outweigh whatever minor security advantages they provide. If anything, the presence of the settlements has merely strengthened Palestinian resistance. Observes Columbia University Professor Edward Said, a noted Palestinian, with a touch of pride: "Throughout the occupation, and with all the intimidation and temptations the Israelis have tried, they have been unable to produce a class of collaborators among our people. We do not produce quislings...
...Anthropologist Seymour Parker of the University of Utah cautiously: "It is questionable if the costs (of the incest taboo) in guilt and uneasy distancing between intimates are necessary or desirable. What are the benefits of linking a mist of discomfort to the spontaneous warmth of the affectionate kiss and touch between family members...
...lobby the ushers are getting their orders: "Be very, very careful. Do not touch any customer. If you take a tip that's up to you, but do not tell anybody." Backstage a honcho of the costume department is pointing out the need for underwear: "I would like to remind you about B.O. The costumes are new. We have new T shirts. Wear them." Cosmeticians are making up the cast, many of whom are part-timers. One of them moans, "Right now I'm cutting vegetables for salads and soups and I just can't handle...