Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...goodnight. Mary Lyn drives off in her Vega. Jim trudges through the snow to his Jeep and connects an extension cord to the plug sticking out of the grille, starting a heater which will keep the engine warm all night. Without heat, the engine freezes tight in the bitter-cold thin mountain air. Jim puts his ear to the metal hood and stays very still, listening for the sounds that will tell him the heater is working. He knows that unless he is careful, he will not ski tomorrow, and he wants to, very much...
...spare the rod" philosophy of rearing is literally taken by the father of the future writer Gavio Ledda (Saverio Marconi). Mario Masini's cinematography especially shines in filming the lush greens and radiant ambers of a sunlit Sardinian landscape. But most importantly, few movies have ever probed the bitter relationship of an intractable patriarch and his eldest son more sensitively and unflinchingly than the quasi-literary "Padre, Padrone...
...beauty. The voice is in lustrous condition. Pavarotti gave a virile E lucevan le stelle from Tosca, an aria that is often more wept than sung. He took on Beethoven's In questa tomba oscura, an unyielding piece, though a war-horse of recital repertory. In the last two bitter words, ingrata, ingrata, he showed how a bold singer with operatic instincts can bring pathos to the whole song. Perhaps the most perfect, if not the most ambitious number was Tosti's limpid Ideale. In the heavenly cantoria, one could picture Beniamino Gigli and Tito Schipa nodding paternally, John McCormack...
...when three uncalled - for and malicious fights broke out with 3:36 left to play in the contest, it was a bitter exclamation point for what has to be the most frustrating season in anyone's memory for the Crimson icemen...
Many ghosts shadow the comet-man Ali. Old opponents, ancient grievances, roiling issues stilled by forgetfulness and, perhaps, forgiveness. Yet he can be bitter. Someone last week remarked that the U.S. was the greatest country in the world. "Yes," said Ali dryly, "I have access to it sometimes...