It's what anyone aspires to be at.
This loopy, luscious extravaganza of 50's-vintage couture and timeless French actresses aspires to be at once a camp artifact and an object of camp.
But Mexican enthusiasts cannot live on salsa and a few tacos alone, at least not at what aspires to be a well-rounded restaurant.
"I am biracial, and at one point I aspired to being African-American," he said.
The hamburger with tomato, pickle and onion ($3.50) -- what a Big Mac aspires to be -- at Irv's Burgers (8289 Santa Monica Boulevard 323-650-2456 323-650-2456 323-650-2456
One is mystical, otherworldly, associated with phenomena that reason can't comprehend; the other is anchored in the affairs of this world and at least aspires to be governed by logic and principle.
In a country where nearly everyone is a dancer, or at least aspires to be one, Deborah Colker still manages to stand out, both for her versatility and her unwillingness to be pigeonholed.
The film follows four: Assane, who attends South Kent School in Connecticut; Aziz, who goes to the Lake Forest Academy in Illinois and sustains a knee injury in an early game; Byago, who is initially rejected for a visa but winds up at the College of Southern Idaho; and Dethie, also at South Kent, who aspires to be a doctor but struggles with his SATs.
As Ms. Rampell writes: "Not everyone aspires to be an executive at Facebook, like Ms. Sandberg, or to set foreign policy, like Anne-Marie Slaughter" (author of "Why Women Can't Have It All").
A salesman at the family tire dealership, he's the yuppie type Lezlie disdains, or, at least, he aspires to be: he and Tawney share a McMansion decorated in pastels.* When the bank won't give him a loan for a sketchy scheme involving leasing auto rims to black customers, he mortgages the house, despite Tawney's resistance.
