Word: eying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Vance first caught Lyndon Johnson's eye when he came to Washington in 1957 as special counsel to the Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, then chaired...
...fact the signs of God's withdrawal from our republic. In the end, as a last judgment of God, or of the author, The Tarbox Congregational Church is struck by lightning. Only the gold weathercock on the spire, the symbol of God's watchful but now indifferent eye, is spared in the ensuing fire. Eventually even this emblem is hauled down from its pinnacle. Placed in the hands of the Church's absurd minister it is found to measure only "five feet from beak to tail feathers; the copper penny of his eye was tiny...
...have heard, 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.' Ye have heard it said, 'sideswipe for sideswipe, right-of-way refused for right-of-way refused.' But I say unto you, 'Turn the other fender.' If someone gets in your way at a green light, let him be first at the next light. And whosoever shall try to pass thee imprudently with a less powerful car, slow down to let him do it more easily. I say unto you, love your enemies, love those who drive dangerously. They are in peril...
...Some 2,000 survive his critical eye during the first three-year period. Further tests reduce the number, until only 20 to 30 remain by the end of the sixth year. Those select bushes are then sent to 24 countries, from the U.S. to Finland, from Kenya to Japan, for exposure to various climates. In the end, perhaps one plant out of the original 100,000 will make the grade. The new rose will be notable for its color, the firmness of its silken petals or its longevity. His Baccara was the first rose to last for a week after...
...most of his forces. Cavalries plunge and break in tidal waves; columns of infantry writhe to the horizon and beyond; choruses of cannons shout like narrow mouths of hell in a series of vivid instants that recall the trancelike battle paintings of Uccello. With a knowing artist's eye, the director composes vignettes reminiscent of the harshness and heartbreak of Goya etchings. Again and again, the dolor and grandeur of Russia's convulsive struggle with Napoleon provide a panorama truly worthy of Tolstoy, a writer who did not believe in leaving anything...