Even Democrats, while desperate for anything that helps humanize their candidate, are worried that the biopic could backfire by further focusing on Mr. Kerry's controversial comments about Vietnam atrocities -- or by a limp box-office performance just when the candidate most needs to look popular.
A few weeks later, when Ms. Pitha, an investment manager with BlackRock, inspected the container, she found wet clothes, destroyed electronics, limp cardboard boxes and an art collection that was moldering.
Among them: that he saw Etan at the bus stop, asked him if he wanted a soda, led him to the bodega basement, suddenly choked him unconscious and put his limp body in a box that he dumped with trash.
Broadway plays are often limping at the box office in May, filling seats with Tony Award voters (who don't pay for tickets) before the annual ceremony, on June 10 this year.
Others, like the much-hyped sequels to Independence Day and Johnny Depp's Alice in Wonderland, as well as Disney's live-action Tarzan reboot, all debuted damply and then continued to limp on at the box office.
He took two steps out of the batter's box before limping toward first base and, Girardi said, "just walked off the field and you could tell he was done".
When Duff was called to give evidence, he limped into the witness box, looked balefully at the jury, then turned to the judge and asked if would be all right to sit down as he had suffered a fall during a recent golf match in Spain.
Early critics panned the movie for glamorizing prostitution and theft, while others called it a "soft comedy with a limp end," but its box-office receipts ($6 million grossed worldwide) and five Academy Award nominations spoke louder to its widespread appeal.
The 33-year-old was on loan at Huddersfield when he limped off in Boxing Day's draw against Rotherham.
In perhaps the most famous pinch-hitting moment in postseason history, Kirk Gibson of the Los Angeles Dodgers limped into the batter's box against Dennis Eckersley of the Oakland A's in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.
The dog was found, limp and hidden in a bedding box, by a police officer who managed to revive it.
