Word: element
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There is a certain element of U.S. society that has always had a tender spot in its heart for Brazil-the crooks who go flying down to Rio to escape the law. Alone among hemisphere nations, Brazil has long refused to sign an extradition treaty with Washington, preferring to let bygones be gone. No one knows how many U.S. criminals have fled over the years, but they numbered in the hundreds...
Nobody was happy about the new element that had been added to the situation: the commuter community of Darien seemed to the outside world like more of a Peyton Place than ever (Darien real-estate men report indications that sales of houses are down), and dark doubts are shadowing the residents themselves. "Parents are more suspicious of their kids," said one Darien minister last week...
...effort to counterbalance the fluidity of his development, indicated by the amazingly protean variety of his many self-portraits, he takes a stand as absolutely assured, solid, immovable. In the midst of the uncertainty and change which prevails around and within him, he captures forever on canvas the transitory element in himself. Permanence, solidity, self-confidence--to these qualities, so precious and so rare in everyday existence, he give lasting shape...
...does John Williams, as Trigorin, deteriorate in his key scenes. But he doesn't use them to reveal much of his character. Williams maintains a gently amused tone, never suggesting the almost accidentally ruthless element in Trigorin...
Humor is an important element in Kennedy's speeches, particularly if he senses the crowd becoming bored. In introducing local candidates at the beginning of a rally, Kennedy will quietly observe, "If you cheer loudly, it makes us feel better up here." He ends each list of introductions with: "And for U.S. Senator," and then raises his hand over his head and points down at himself...