Word: detailism
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Around 10:55 p.m. Friday night Cambridge policeLt. Edward Hussey was starting his shift on aprivate security detail at BioRan Co. near CentralSquare when he observed smoke and flames comingfrom the five-story building, located on Mass.Avenue near Douglas Street...
...conscience must have freedom in determining, for example, whether it is moral to have an abortion, use contraception or tell a lie. John Paul replies that true freedom must be united with moral truth, truth as reflected in a natural law that is evident to everyone and defined in detail by the Bible and church tradition. Otherwise, he says, each individual conscience becomes supreme -- he even uses the word infallible. And in the clash of infallibilities, moral confusion reigns. Only absolute morality, argues the Pope, provides the basis for the democratic equality of all citizens, with common rights and duties...
...while the hefty and turbulent mid-section of this biography is fascinating, it is dragged down at either end by a surplus of mundane details. Quoting extensively from O'Hara's letters, journals and an unpublished novel, Gooch recounts in painstaking detail the poet's placid early years and his startingly unconfrontational outlook. In those years, the poet conformed at least externally to American middle class expectations, escorting girl-friends to prom, enlisting for service in World War II, writing home affectionate letters filled with responsible advice for his younger siblings. Although filled with vague bohemian aspirations and troubled...
...novel are flamboyant, young artists, but the 150 years since its publication have not been kind to these bohemians. Kaurismaki makes them too scruffy to be dashing and too old, it seems, to be passionate. Inexplicably, Rodolfo (Matti Pellonpaa) has been made an illegal immigrant from Albania (perhaps this detail is meant to account for his occasionally irritating accent). All three artists seem to have given up the struggle to attain fame and wealth about 10 years ago. For most of the film, they can barely manage the energy to light a cigarette...
...Innocence" cannot be dismissed as an insipid and painfully melancholy "serious film." For one thing, the sets and costumes are deliciously ornate. Granted, lush visual pleasures are an easy way out for any period film. This one is no exception, but the production displays an attention to detail that cannot fail to please. Some of the mealtime vignettes leave one salivating, and there is a beautiful street scene of a crowd of men in bowlers walking against the wind...