Word: gasps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were for inclusion of particular individuals and points of view, Ophuls replied, "First, narrative coherence, second emotional appeal, and third, and only third, political content." When asked next, "Why then do you make films about such highly political situations," Ophuls answered honestly, "Accident"--and you could hear the audience gasp...
...orchestra, with the balcony looming over me, so I really only saw half the play--the bottom half). In one of the most dramatic sequences, the two figures which were formerly protraits step out of their frames as live figures (this caused the girl next to me to gasp aloud, and then crumple with embarrassment). Such a gimmick might seem overly stagey or self-consciously dramatic in another kind of play, but here it fits in very well with the whole theme of theatrical pretense...
...last collection of stories might as well be begging posterity to forget her. These stories are a rehash--which only the most avid of her fans could call a refinement--of her standard motifs; menopausing women, middle aged socialism, dislocation in London, eccentricity fading into conformity, the last gasp...
...enthusiasm, dampened by the inauspiciousness of the early returns, ebbed steadily as the evening wore on. Kerry remained in seclusion most of the night and his absence heightened the anxieties of his supporters. He did not appear until 1:30 a.m. and then only to give a last-gasp, don't-give-up-the-ship statement. Kerry was reserved and grave in his remarks. "It's a very, very close election, he said. There was no sign of encouragement in his voice and his graveness only foreshadowed the concession that he was to make an hour later...
Instead of a rout. Harvard found itself in a tough contest, and it took a pair of breakaway runs by halfback Burelle Duvachelle and some last-gasp defense in the clutch to pull out a tense 14-6 win over Tufts...