Nonetheless, like this city, we struggle to maintain our solid essence and vitality against the depersonalized corporate mall — in our case, insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry, enticing us with images, fads and the allure of superficial quick fixes.
But his actors too infrequently get beyond the verbiage to provide probing insight into their characters' conflicts, resulting in a production that's solid but short on vitality (2 50).
In Mann's novel, the vitality and the solid businesslike virtues of the Buddenbrook family are sapped by introspection, homosexuality, loss of interest in commerce, overindulgence in art, and illness.
Don't get me wrong: Both are terrific enterprises with rock-solid financials and decades of future vitality.
"The exciting achievements made by the CPC [Communist Party of China] over the past decade have demonstrated the superiority and vitality of socialism with Chinese characteristics and laid a solid foundation for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects," the editorial says.
Vitality trumps demography.
"They exude such vitality".
