Word: bloodedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...extraordinary energy. He is up at 6:30 a.m., at his desk at 7:15. He meets and confers and testifies until 9 p.m., running in a spare secretary to keep the paper flowing. He jogs on the Mall to keep the blood going. He breakfasts three times a week with Congressmen, goes eyeball to eyeball with every committee member who is important. His good humor and tolerance are legendary...
Askew argues that no matter how the gambling law is written, it will attract organized crime, drugs and prostitution "like blood attracts sharks." Agrees Dade County Sheriff E. Wilson Purdy: "Organized crime is south Florida's biggest growth industry. They're all over the place now. Casinos would be a major step toward a complete mob takeover." Adds former Miami Beach Mayor Jay Dermer. "The hotel people have it all backward. They must first fix up their places...
...your precious blood...
...their precious blood...
...love with and the slick, wind-up presidential candidate he tries to assassinate.) So with nothing else but Barbies and Kens to identify with, Scorcese saves the film by throwing DeNiro into the arms of today's real myth-maker, the ever-violent tube. The gorey ballet of blood that follows DeNiro's foiled assassination has all the trappings of a cathartic end to a Greek tragedy. Only the Greeks examined what happens when a man tries to imitate the gods; Scorcese shows what happens when a taxi driver tries to become "The Man From Uncle...