Word: affair
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...affection: when the sensitive Frangois takes the virginal Pomme to bed for the first time, we are too caught up in their unaffected eroticism to notice much else. Only after the lovers leave their vacation paradise does Goretta begin to reveal his hand: as null grows bored with the affair, The Lacemaker seamlessly goes from lush romance to harsh political parable. Like the French writer Guy de Maupassant, whom he quotes in the movie, the director is a master of sudden shifts in mood...
Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci resigned his job with the state Department of Corporations and Taxation last month, but the controversy surrounding his alleged "no-show" spot on the state payroll has continued up to election time. The affair has prompted an investigation and disciplinary action by tax officials, a feud among Boston area newspapers and cries of foul play from both supporters and opponents of the 63-year-old mayor...
Annie Hall. Even though it's based on his real-life relationship with co-star Diane Keaton, Woody Allen's latest--and arguably best--film is far more than cinema a clef. Allen's sensitive, sometimes painfully realistic portrait of a failed love affair between a neurotic but lovable New York Jew and a flaky midwestern WASP marks a generally successful departure in thematic approach: "Annie Hall" goes much farther in exploring human relationships than any of Allen's previous films. Still, the best moments in the film are the deliberate send-ups in which Allen unleashes his scathing...
Brown rarely penetrated the midfield stripe and received no penalty corners in the clash. As far as post-season tournament rankings are concerned, Harvard will be credited with a triumph on the basis of piling up more penetration time over the course of the affair...
...Steven Biko affair. "If the government is too scared to undertake a full-scale inquiry to establish the cold truth behind these very disturbing events then they are not fit to govern and direct the destinies of millions of people. Detentions leave us cold, Mr. Kruger...