Word: bit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...actor (John Paul toured Poland with a school theatrical company before entering the priesthood) displayed a sure command of smile, gesture and wink, even capitalizing on his thick Polish accent to draw a laughing cheer by voicing admiration for Manhattan's "sky-scroppers." Then he milked the line a bit, as the laughter and applause rose, and pronounced the word in Polish and Italian. The humanitarian pastor delighted in the happiness of his flock, and he became one with them. Children were his special favorites, and he swept them up lightly in his brawny arms. When a young monsignor from...
Everywhere else in his stories, Voinovich judiciously stirs a bit of pathos in with the farce. "What I Might Have Been" is both the earliest and the best in this collection. A construction foreman tells why he resisted his superiors' demand that he declare a block of apartments finished before it's ready. The narrator is no warrior of dissent; his only reason for stepping out of line is that he "doesn't like sloppy work." Voinovich characterizes his hero and the people around him with spare strokes of wry description and an occasional slip of the knife...
...hill without knowing how to drive. In blessed contrast to The Crucifer of Blood, another recent Jack the Ripper film, Meyer keeps the gore to a minimum. In one murder, we see only the flush of his knife, followed by a tear of blood on his face--a masterful bit of understatement...
...long after the K-house people tired of nailing cars, and the crew went in for dinner, the booters continued to play--but they would have liked to have played a little bit longer...
...center. During the big assault on the south fence earlier in the day, some police seemed to take a special relish in macing reporters and photographers. For instance: policeman--who like the rest has removed his badge--approaches reporter, says, "That tag ain't going to help you a bit." Then pffft! The pain starts and the reporter's eyes begin to tear. Wait 'til you see tomorrow's paper, fellah...