Word: deepening
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with a precise sense of brutality that proves that he is not entirely a romantic. The very gentleness and simplicity of much of the visual imagery-the names of Renoir and Monet are constantly and rightly invoked in the dialogue-acts as counterpoint to the violence even as they deepen the sense of a past gone forever. There is a certain sentimentality involved in this kind of approach that prevents Adalen '31 from being the kind of great political document that The Battle of Algiers was. As a poignant portrait of people caught in the flux of history, however...
...five years of studies into 45 months by taking extra quarters. Slow learners can use summer lessons to make up failed courses, take their time mastering subjects difficult for them, without dropping a year behind their class. Scholars interested in improving their prospects for entering college can broaden and deepen their education by taking extra courses...
Their icy confrontation served only to deepen the Congress split. Desai demanded reinstatement to the Finance Ministry. Mrs. Gandhi refused. Then she proceeded to carry out her proposals herself. At week's end India's 14 largest private banks were nationalized. Stunned by the speed and force of Indira's ambush, the Syndicate made no immediate response. The party bosses may decide not to challenge her on the leadership issue since the party has already twice rejected the austere and inflexible Desai in Indira's favor because he has little voter appeal. But in the event...
...cheerfully social Washington bachelor, Brown may well liven up some of the National Gallery's stuffier formal functions, and possibly even encourage the purchase of more contemporary paintings. But his prime concern, he said last week, was to deepen "our commitment to scholarship" by bringing to the new study center the "great minds in art research from all over the world...
...Capitol Hill Melvin Laird has long borne the aura of power, carefully contained but ready for instant application. His close-cropped skull and impassive features give him the forbidding countenance of a Japanese war lord. His steely mind and stinging tongue deepen the impression of a political samurai. Though he is in fact one of the nation's wiliest politicians, in private life he is a puckish, convivial figure...