Word: advent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...laughter so easy in such a difficult situation? It isn't that The Murmur of the Heart is the kind of comedy that permits easy nonsequiturs, and it isn't that the advent of Laurent's girl-friend is preferable for everyone concerned to Laurent's incestuous leanings toward his mother. That laughter is by no means inevitable within the context of the film, but Malle's real point is the film's peculiar anti-Romantic heresy. Subtly suggesting the possibility of all kinds of psychological traps for its intelligent and very sensitive adolescent hero (including homosexuality, transvestism, a penchant...
...Baha'i Faith began 128 years ago in Iran when a young Persian, called the Bab proclaimed that his mission was to herald the coming of one whose advent would fulfill the prophecies of all the great religions and usher in a new age. The Muslim clergy looked upon the Bab and his growing body of followers as heretics and began to persecute them; within six years, thousands of the Bab's followers had been killed and the Bab himself was martyred in public...
...appearing in scores of films, including Tillie's Punctured Romance, The Pullman Bride and Modern Times. "Moviemaking was great fun then," recalled Conklin. "A picture consisted of a lot of chases and a plot that was tacked on when we finished shooting." All but wiped out by the advent of talkies and the 1929 stock market crash, Conklin wound up in a Los Angeles department store playing yet another lovable hirsute character: Santa Claus...
...under the pen name John le Carre (The Spy Who Came In From the Cold), once observed that the West does not believe in "eating people" and yet is forced to defend this very principle by using individuals as "ammunition." In the U.S., espionage was grossly neglected until the advent of the cold war. In 1928, Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson was shocked to learn that the State Department had a cryptographic bureau. He fired the founder of the code-breaking agency, observing: "Gentlemen do not read other people's mail." But since then, the U.S. has overcome these...
SWIMMING-A new coach and a new outlook could spell the advent of widespread changes in Harvard swimming this year. The new coach, Don Gambril, is accustomed to national prominence and is a nominee for the 1972 Olympic coaching job. He is a demanding coach and a great recruiter. Last spring, he was able to convince 9 of 11 top swimmers admitted to the Class of 1975 that Harvard was the only place...