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That translates, in the social arena, into gregariousness. "He likes crowds," roommate, adding, in a dead-on imitation drink, let's party, let's be loud and obnoxious.
On the need for reform. There is a genuine lack of respect out there for the tax system. That translates, in our opinion, to a genuine lack of respect for Government generally. And I think if we can cure the former, we have some chance of increasing respect for Government...
As Is deals with politics more obliquely. Where Kramer screams in outrage at the madness of promiscuity, Hoffman laughs at the self-delusion and hypocrisy of it. His play, told in montage style, juxtaposes reveries by the ingratiating central couple--for example, about the pleasures of "nondirective, noncommitted, nonauthoritarian" sex...
Beck another two-sport athlete-she plays defense on the plays defense on the women soccer team--only came to the players 11 times. But in those appearances she drew four free passes and six hits. That translates than, 8-7 batting average, and a .909 on-base percentage.
In a book-clogged study on Manhattan's West Side, where he lives with his wife Marion, who translates his work from French into English, and their 12- year-old son Shlomo Elisha, Wiesel gazes down at the bare trees in Central Park and ponders. "Frequently I ask myself, how...