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On the upside, John Leguizamo's performance as a philandering hairdresser is "raging, startlingly visceral" (Maslin, the New York Times ), and Lee's evocation of the tension that gripped the city--the blackouts, looting, and violence--is enthralling.
Parents are working ever longer hours, and are startlingly frank about why: Staying home with the kids is "tedious work," especially when you could be out earning money in a self-esteem-enhancing workplace.
The Peak Tram starts its scenic climb just across the street and around the corner from the American Consulate in Garden Road and makes its way, sometimes at a startlingly steep incline, to the summit at 398 m (1,305 ft).
But Kate is meant to be zonked and zombielike, a Mummy Dearest, and this bedraggled ghost of a glamorous icon is startlingly potent.
After all, even if you use an unadjusted CPI, the standard of living of the median family (50 th percentile) in 1950 America appears startlingly low by current standards.