Word: gazing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Memorial at the other, and with the Washington Monument marking the center. On its flanks are groves of trees, clusters of monuments, even museums. But its central vista is an astonishment of economy. Stand at Lincoln's feet and you can see all the way to the Capitol, your gaze interrupted by nothing but the majestic spike of the Washington Monument...
...McVeigh, suspects that co-conspirators may still be unidentified and believes the government acted too aggressively in handling the incidents at Waco and Ruby Ridge. But the first candidates for the jury left no doubt about their feelings as to the proper penalty if he is convicted. McVeigh s gaze grew steely as they told the lawyers that if he is convicted, he should face the death penalty. Selection of 12 jurors and six alternates is expected to take about two weeks...
...Broadway theater where Rent debuted, the play follows a conflicted doctor (Zach Grenier) as he tries to help a dying aids patient (Juan Carlos Hernandez) commit suicide. TV would have turned this into a moralistic issue drama about the right to die. Under Rabe's focused gaze, it becomes a cold-eyed look at what happens when that noble ideal runs up against fallible human beings. Rabe--who in the 1970s wrote big, impassioned plays about Vietnam (Streamers)--works on a much smaller canvas here. He immerses us in clinical details--like the doctor's careful instructions...
There are moments in every class when students' attention wanes, moments when their collective gaze begins to linger on the ornamental drapes, the retro linoleum, that cute blonde in the front...
...rapid-fire production makes impossible the emotional or psychological depth vital to such a piece. Shifting moods and genres so rapidly, Woyzeck leaves little with which to identify or empathize; it frustrates the audience more than it maintains their gaze...