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orientalist's Archive on Oct 12, 2008
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What to learn here: How collins brings out character, behavior She is almost six feet tall, and has a tiny forehead, a peaked upper lip, and hair with the lustre of a copper pot. She is approachable, but, when approached, she assumes a default posture: hands clasped, one foot pointed in front, like a gymnast about to begin the floor exercise. Her comportment is flirty yet disciplined—wearing a ruffled blouse, as she did in Seattle, she could have been channelling a French maid or George Washington. Eventually, she ascended the stage. “Now trust me, I have two teen-age daughters,” she began. “I would love it if abstinence was the way to go.”