Word: beare
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...acting in this film is marvelous, particularly Innokenty Smoktunosky's Vanya. His petulant spats with his maman, his grandiose pretensions, his weepy self-pity; the sarcastic facial expressions alone are phenomenal. Sergei Bondarchuk, as Dr. Astrov, is a bit too much the Russian bear for my taste. Astrov's passions are too often expressed by the tremor of voice and moistness of eye that Omar Sharif made infamous in Dr. Zhivago. But he can be subtle when necessary as in his scenes with Sonya, in which he delicately and deftly refuses her offer of love...
Spassky further promotes this image by describing himself as a "lazy Russian bear." There is no bluster about him, no impatience, nothing restless. While waiting for an opponent to move, he gets up and strolls around with his hands folded behind his back, like a skater cruising over the ice on Lake Ladoga. "I like sports," he says offhandedly. "I swim a bit, and now I play a little tennis. I have other interests: reading, music and, yes, I do some chess." When he does, his remarkable calm makes him a formidable bear indeed. "Spassky's strength is his emotional...
...Boris is the lazy Russian bear...
...proof nylon bag and an aluminum or magnesium carrier, which -j have shaved down the weight of an av! erage unloaded pack from 12 Ibs. to 2 Ibs. In addition, the pack frame is orthopedically contoured to distribute the weight of the load along the bones that can bear it best. This type of pack costs around $50 and is usually the first item, after his hiking boots, on the backpacker's shopping list. Others...
...Milne's stories. If you want a lesson, Pooh's "little brain" and great fondness for honey will provide them--left, right, and center of stomach. But if you are not in the mood for moralizing, his bumblings can be put down to the shortcomings of a stout bear. Rubins' songs, no matter how enjoyable to listen to, summed matters up too succinctly, leaving the children no choice but to read morals...