Word: brief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brief though their stay has been, the Cubans have already had considerable impact on the region's culture. They have a plethora of Spanish-language newspapers and a string of glossy magazines to choose among (including a Hispanic version of Cosmopolitan). The Cubans enjoy a Spanish-language television station and a multitude of nightclubs that have brought back Havana's brassy night life...
...accusation and revelation seems solid enough as psychology, but if the exhausting process succeeds as drama-and a viewer finds himself veering toward mutiny-it is mostly because the two actresses are superb. We feel stingingly the hopeless adoration of the little girl of 30 years ago (played in brief flashback by Linn Ullmann, Liv's daughter) for the glittering mother who ignored her, and the destructive frustration of the mother who could not show the emotion except through the ordered avenues of music...
...movies' traditional approach to the American experience, they're reinforced by his structure and technique. Unlike most American films, which proceed in straight narrative fashion, Altman's films evolve out of chaos. Instead of leading the viewer down a single path to an inevitable conclusion, Altman presents him with brief glimpses and seemingly unrelated vignettes--the connections become apparent only gradually as the film progresses. The outcomes of Altman's films aren't obviously preordained; they apparently develop out of the vicissitudes of real life...
...speedy selection had seemed to be a second Pentecost, a manifestation of the Holy Spirit, to those Cardinals who participated in the conclave; and his pontificate, brief as it was, had suffused the church with warmth and hope. "In a few days, he captured the world. He really did," said Joseph Califano, the only Roman Catholic in the U.S. Cabinet, after attending a memorial Mass. The Netherlands' Johannes Willebrands spoke for many Cardinals: "It's a disaster. I cannot put into words how happy we were on that August day when we had chosen John Paul. We had such high...
...Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey found the entire world monetary system to be "in disarray" to the point of peril. The dollar rose a bit after the Senate's compromise on natural gas, the improved U.S. trade figures for August and Jimmy Carter's brief address to the IMF meeting pledging his "reputation as a leader" in support of the dollar. Still, delegates were disappointed by his lack of specifics about the Administration's anti-inflation and budget-cutting plans...