Word: enlivenment
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...time he was released, some 30 years later, Wells Fargo had sold its horses and invested in railroads, and the movies had been invented in order to fill idle minds with devilish ideas. Watching The Great Train Robbery in 1903, the old gent perceives a profitable way to enliven his sunset years. All he needs is horses, a few accomplices and, of course, some trains to stick...
...exhibitions enliven a dwindling bill of fare...
...fact, that life it self is a game, and "money is how you keep score," a statement that, given his history, seems to mean that he regards the score very seriously. At any rate, as if Georgia were a rather dull party and he the host obligated to enliven it, he has poured pots of money into the Braves and the Atlanta Hawks, a run-of-the-court pro basketball team...
...More's characteristics and abilities--the play does not soar as it could. The costumes are gorgeous, the set is appropriately simple, the lighting creates interesting shadows and tableaus. And most of the acting in there too. But the total product misses that one desirable quality which would enliven the entire performance...
...nose at us. Her keen glance dissects us. She has exposed the emotionally detached Fleur to us. Whether the very talented Fleur Talbot is meant to be the autobiographical persons of the very talented Muriel Spark or not doesn't matter. Strength and weakness, mystery an I magic--these enliven this and all Spark's work and they create a world that cuts itself loose from reality...