Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...situation produces heartbreaking images: Karl Oscar's father, crippled when a stone he had removed falls back on him, is carried home from the fields on the back of his stolid country wife (in long shot); or the little girl, lit by her mother's torch, wails with a burst stomach, next to a wooden bowl of porridge which she hungrily emptied. At the same time, even in the midst of their sorest travails. Troell's characters have a strength which allows for joyous conceits: the first shot of Kristina, lounging and playing on a swing while Oscar comes...
...uncanny feeling that perhaps at some point all the figures will come to life. Frank Gallo's "Running Girl" will spring out of the corner; Duane Hanson's woman will begin vacuuming: De Andrea's boy will finally lose his balance; and Nancy Grossman's black leather man will burst out of the straps. Whoever arranged the exhibition had a sense of humor, too. There in the corner stands Red Groom's camera man also waiting for that moment as if to capture it on film...
...seven minute scoring burst by John Havlicke and Don Nelson in the third period broke open the game for the Boston Celtics who defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, 112-104, last night at the Garden...
...each other with battle-axes, broadswords and spears. The bodies of fallen warriors littered the ground as beautiful damsels cheered their champions on to victory or wept when they met defeat. At last, the forces of the Middle Kingdom, led by their sovereign, King Andrew of Seldom Rest, burst into the stronghold of King Cariadoc of the Kingdom of the East. Cariadoc fell to the ground, mortally wounded by King Andrew's spear, and the triumphant army gathered round King Andrew to celebrate their victory and plot an invasion of the Kingdom of the West...
...Soft, resilient and apparently harmless, rubber balloons seem like ideal toys for toddlers; some kids even like to nibble the knot. But balloons can also be dangerous, report three Honolulu physicians in the journal Pediatrics. Drs. Yi-Chuan Ching, J. Dempsey Huitt and George Nagao say that balloons that burst while being chewed or inflated can explode with such force that fragments of rubber may be propelled back into the mouth and windpipe, causing asphyxiation. The trio base their warning on a review of a score of fatal accidents plus their own observations of two other cases. One two-year...