Word: frailness
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...chaos, and the brevity of each segment of the picture, are part of the reason why love emerges from this picture as a frail, hollow, unexciting animal. It takes time to develop the conditions for love, either in life or cinema, and the lack of time, combined with sudden switches in circumstances, countries, and mood, weaken the potential power of this film...
...recent administrative session, the churchmen elected as their chairman and deputy chairman bishops who are known to favor a policy of noncooperation with the state. In retaliation, the government formally barred leaders of the Evangelical churches in West Germany from entering East Germany, thereby severing the already frail links between the west and east branches of German Protestantism...
...life," says Philosopher Martin Buber, "when he should begin to bring the crop into the barn." In Buber's case, the harvest includes a goodly share of the honors the world pays to a man who has thought deeply and originally. Last week, at the age of 85, frail, white-bearded Philosopher Buber flew from Israel to Amsterdam to accept one of Europe's highest intellectual prizes: the $28,000 Erasmus Award, presented to one or more persons who have contributed to the spiritual unity of Europe.* The award cited Buber for "enriching the spiritual life of Europe...
Giorgio Montini's second son, "Giambattista," was a frail, ailment-prone child plagued by colds, who had to be educated privately after poor health drove him from the Jesuit school in Brescia. But at the age of 20, young Montini was well enough to enter the seminary of Sant Angelo in Brescia. He was, then as now, somewhat withdrawn and bookish. One teacher recalls him as the best pupil he ever had, while some fellow students detected in him the quiet charisma of the born leader. "Never have I met anyone who had to say so little to establish...
Eclipse has been criticized for lacking "life," and the criticism is justified. In his earlier films, Michelanglo Antonioni showed how frail and hard to communicate emotions can be. In Eclipse, he shows that they need not exist...