Word: climaxes
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...Rolex Tournament is the climax of the fall tennis season...
...Mother has one other element that stamps it unmistakably as from another era. Though it ends on a superficially hopeful note, the emotional climax is the old woman's almost heartbreaking cry of despair in the penultimate scene: "I'm 66 years old, and I don't know what the purpose of it all was. An endless, endless struggle. And for what? For what?" Don't look for cries of existential anguish in today's prime-time dramas, where every story must be uplifting, and even bad things teach good people heartening lessons. The Mother is dated, all right...
This film might have been more successful if it built tension and climax by creating conflict out of the relationships of normal people. Because most of the characters are not rational, it is difficult to elicit meaning from their machinations. The net result is that the audience sympathizes with none of the characters, save the late father...
...climax of Yale's offense came with only six minutes left in the game...
...Considering what the American couple is up against, it's astounding to think that once a week or once a month or maybe just on Memorial Day and Christmas or whenever the coast is clear, they are enjoying this gorgeous moment that is, despite its secrecy and long, shuddering climax, essentially the same experience as everyone else has had. It is almost worth all the misery of dealing with real estate people, bankers, lawyers and contractors -- to have a home that has a bedroom where the two of you can go sometimes and do this. It is worth growing...