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...flash of what Winston Churchill called the "second coming in wrath" could be seen as far as 250 miles away...
...show him what is happening in each state. A CBS employee in each of those precincts will phone in results to a bank of computer-terminal operators in a soon-to-be demolished Manhattan warehouse. If this information seems to add up to a clear victory, the computer can flash...
...settled into the job and grown more comfortable with it. His eyes flash with pleased excitement when he scampers up onstage at the University of Missouri at St. Louis and the band thumps out chorus after chorus of Hail to the Chief, which he once banned as too imperial but reinstated when he realized the importance of such symbolism. As he talks about the serious challenges facing America, he also makes a salesman's pitch. "The next time you get ready to change cars and buy a new model, give those new American cars and those American automobile workers...
Lynch's deliberate technique works most effectively in the way he familiarizes the audience with the Elephant Man's deformities. Merrick is seen little by little, first in silhouette, then behind a screen, later in a quick, startling flash. When the camera finally focuses on the young man's face in full light and close-up, the shot does not provoke laughter or a horrified gasp. Of course, the remarkable make-up by Wally Schneiderman helps greatly...
...Guild. It was a time of choosing up sides in Hollywood, of violent labor disputes and the bitter controversy about blacklisting. Reagan recalled it recently in one of those rambling monologues that sometimes seem to reveal more than he realizes. It produced a rarity in his usual discourse: a flash of real emotion in the form of raw anger...