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Conversion narratives--tales of evil, reactionary, or addicted people who reform--share one complicating trait: Their protagonists tend to be more compelling in the throes of their particular depravity than after they "come to their senses."
The city of Mérida seems to be in the throes of a constant fiesta, hosting live cultural shows at sites around the downtown area.
Exactly what is "soft focus" about the bank teller who gets shot full in the face or Gene Hackman's agonizing death throes or Bonnie and Clyde 's final, staccato "dance of death"?
In the throes of giving, Rockefeller wrote to an associate:
We are taking only two days off, losers that we are, for our honeymoon, since my partner is in the throes of the second round of financing for her company.