It fails at least partially because it strands its lead characters with nowhere to go while stranding its lead heroine with nothing to do.
With long lines of communication, these ventures invariably developed as and how they could, often with great independence.The modern Unilever that eventually emerged carried with it strands of its ad hoc evolution.
The death of Glück's mother reunites her parents for the first time in decades, but it strands her on Earth without them.
Like "Oroonoko" it strands a stranger in a strange land: a young West African is sent to fight for the British Army in Burma during World War II.
An avant-garde Noises Off, it strands a director, actors, designers and crew amid the last-minute catastrophes that plague every show.
Chris Sanders, chairman of the Nashville committee of the Tennessee Equality Project, said the legislation as it strands could limit teachers or counsellors from discussing bullying of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender students.
The trouble with this evolutionary psychobabble is that while it may get us a little way along the road to understanding, it strands us miles from any useful destination.
