Word: diversionism
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At week's end Communist forces were only about 40 miles from the capital, although on a different front. About 75 miles southwest of An Loc, North Vietnamese surrounded the Cambodian town of Svay Rieng, astride Highway 1, which links Phnom Penh to the South Vietnamese capital. The move...
Director Blake Edwards is uneasy, sometimes even clumsy with outright comedy (A Shot in the Dark, The Party). But he has a sure hand and dapper style for this sort of frivolous melodrama, essentially a Saturday night diversion. The violence here is subdued, the suspense unhurried and unruffled.
He was right. One hour later, while some of the terrorists created a diversion by firing on the surrounding troops and tossing out hand grenades, others coldly executed the three hostages -John Law, 25, a Canadian, and two Britons, Gordon Banner, 35, and Charles Turner, 45. Moments later 800 Turkish...
Rippe concedes that a certain amount of the potter's appeal derives from the fact that it is outside the University's regular activities. "There's a certain romantic vision attached to the myth of the impoverished artist. But that's what it is--a myth," Rippe insisted. "It is...
All three singers were at times a trifle overcome by the power of the orchestra, but with such unimportant texts the loss was negligible. The woodwind trio preceding the soprano entrance was beautifully played, as were the string harmonics in accompaniment. No contrast could have been stronger than that of...