Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...base, Fest set out to make a movie that would explore how an obscure Austrian postcard artist could win power and put it to such evil purposes. As the newspaper Die Welt noted in its review of the movie, "The incapability of many parents, teachers and publishers to explain the phenomenon of Hitler has [often] been expressed only in general judgments or in total silence...
...convince others, Bunker and Linowitz have spent hundreds of hours on Capitol Hill briefing Senators and conducting seminars to explain the "justice and timeliness" of the treaty. Linowitz even had lunch with Reagan. "I don't think I persuaded him," admits the diplomat, "and I'm sure he didn't persuade me." The opposition to the pact, says Linowitz, "is not only one of emotionalism; it is one of great ignorance on the part of the American people." The treaty, he feels, "will indeed preserve those interests which are important...
Perhaps Hood spread himself too thin; perhaps the hull design was too conservative; no one, not even Hood, can explain the boat's poor performance. Despite their lengthy trials, Independence crew members appear inexperienced, tangling themselves in tricky maneuvers and performing routine tasks with little dash and less speed. Unlike North, Hood stays at the helm, and unlike Turner, he does not use it as a soapbox, never shouting at an erring crewman. "I'm slower and more easygoing," Hood explains. "I never gamble unless I'm sure the odds are 3 to 1 in my favor...
Rubber Whale. Charlotte Rampling is on hand as one of those movie scientists whose precise discipline is unexplained but whose function is to ex plain - and explain - to the less enlightened that they must not underestimate the wit and sensitivity of the animal kingdom. This is a big mistake. Melville - even Peter Benchley - understood that it is best not to humanize the creatures of the deep too much. They are more frightening if perceived as imponderable forces...
Analysts seeking to explain the market's jitters could point to some cloudy economic news. The index of leading indicators, a widely watched barometer of future trends in the economy, dipped down slightly in June, casting some doubt on the durability of the present brisk expansion. Investors have also been puzzled by the slow progress of the Carter tax and energy programs in Congress; they have been concerned about the growing U.S. trade deficit and fretful that a big increase in the money sup ply in recent weeks might prompt the Federal Reserve Board to tighten credit and thus...