Word: aura
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What crashed was more than just the market. It was the Reagan Illusion: the idea that there could be a defense buildup and tax cuts without a price, that the country could live beyond its means indefinitely. The initial Reagan years, with their aura of tinseled optimism, had restored the nation's tattered pride and the lost sense that leadership was possible in the presidency. But he stayed a term too long. As he shouted befuddled Hooverisms over the roar of his helicopter last week or doddered precariously through his press conference, Reagan appeared embarrassingly irrelevant to a reality that...
...OPERA stars in The Mozart Brothers can certainly sing, but their performances are nothing to shout about. For instance, Ia (Agneta Ekmanner) overacts the hysterical woman even beyond the call of role and duty. And as Walter, Etienne Glaser lacks the intelligent aura his part requires. He can say, "In opera we are like silence in music," but it is neither profound nor comic. And the custodians and maids of the opera house flit across the screen just long enough to express their views...
...complex character of Luxemburg closer to the audience. Numerous close-ups establish the communist radical as a figure worthy of sympathy. but these are not the soft focus, flattering close-ups of a romantic film. They are hard and lucid glances, sharp swords of realism which dispel the aura of godliness the film's plot gives Luxemburg...
...Neal's Hearsay takes the viewpoint of the seducer or persuader, not the persuaded. Filled with slow jams, the album's concept is a party at O'Neal's house. Annoying between-song patter gives the aura of a small gathering and sets the scene for O'Neal to make his moves on his lady...
...film's altered states are enhanced by a soundtrack that accompanies and complements the wordless action--just what Philip Glass's music did for Koyaanisqatsi. Composer Michael Stearns presents a new age, Tangerine Dream/Andreas Vollenweider sound, adding exotic drums and bells that complete the foreign aura...