Word: delights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intimacy quickly envelops the characters. Though Hallie's English is erudite and proper and Willie and Sam rattle on in patois, the three speak the same language. In the empty tea room, the two men delight Hallie with their conversation and occasional hilarity, and he in turn gives lessons on a variety of subjects to Sam, who thirsts for the knowledge his young friend provides. The boy takes a keen interest in the big dance contest the men are preparing for and they watch over his shoulder as he wrestles with his homework. The audience immediately feels bound...
...filmmakers' attitude is the scene in the beginning of the film when Cecelia, sitting in church, stares at the horribly gruesome fresco of the torments of hell on the wall--in response to the crosseyed anguish of one of the damned, Cecilia crosses her own eyes in delight...
...breadth and brashness of Hawke's ambitions alarm some Australians as much as they delight others. The new contender is at once an urbane Rhodes scholar and a combative political gladhander, an articulate negotiator and a reformed alcoholic. He first attracted attention as president of the influential Australian Council of Trade Unions (A.C.T.U.) from 1970 to 1980. Even before Hawke was elected to Parliament, a 1979 poll revealed him as Australia's favorite choice for Prime Minister. When at last he did join Parliament two years ago, he was, he said, determined not to "warm...
...ALWAYS delight to see an excellent company of actors at work, but sometimes it's even more so to see them at play. In The Boys From Syracuse, the entire ART seems to be on a holiday, with nary an over-the-shoulder glance at the stern repertory countenances of Chekhov and Ibsen, and only a very cursory one at Shakespeare's. The Comedy of Errors, upon which The Boys is loosely based, never was one of the Bard's greatest creations anyway-he hadn't traded in his slapstick for lofty rhetoric and sublime poetry yet. Besides, he cribbed...
...twit competitors, Sears officials delight in telling tales about high rollers who have sought out the financial centers, which also sell real estate and Allstate insurance. In Cupertino, Calif., a man walked into Sears and bought $3 million worth of securities. A Jacksonville, Fla., woman who received a Dean Witter flyer with her Sears charge-account statement responded with a $1 million check. Far more significant has been the amount of traffic attracted to the outlets, which, with potted plants and walnut desks, resemble suburban bank branches. The average broker has lured three times as many new accounts and booked...