Word: gifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There were no safety nets underneath: Karl Wallenda did not believe in them. "Gott give us the courage and gift of talent to do our acts," he once told an interviewer, "and when he be ready to take us, he will...
...common fear among politicians was that without Moro and his gift for compromise, the faction-ridden Christian Democrats could lose their grip at a particularly sensitive moment-"a big body without the brain," as one deputy put it. But the danger threatened not only the Christian Democrats. Said Communist Chief Enrico Berlinguer: "The calculated, determined attack aimed against one of the most eminent figures of our political life marks a moment of extreme national gravity and a danger for the republic." Added Christian Democratic Deputy Luigi Granelli: "The kidnapers have a political goal-that of destabilizing the country." To cope...
...however, the building was declared a city landmark, and restoration began in 1976 under the direction of Architect Edward Larrabee Barnes. Philanthropist Enid A. Haupt funded the entire cost of the renovation with a gift of $5 million. The result is both handsome and ingenious. Even a new underground passageway, which left to its own devices would resemble nothing so much as a subway tunnel, will be put to pleasant use: in artificial light, aquarium plants, mushrooms and mosses will flourish...
...every characterization; of cancer; in Manhattan. Cazale found his widest success as Fredo, the slow, shy, forever startled, finally traitorous older brother in Francis Coppola's Godfather films. Other parts-notably as Al Pacino's out-of-tune partner in Dog Day Afternoon-confirmed Cazale's gift for searching out the darkest shadows in a role, then rendering them with shades of wit and unswerving compassion...
...doubles features. Looking back on it now, I can't see how I survived, because the titles came and went, but those mindless plots stayed the same. It got so by the third night I could predict exactly when the big dance number would come. I would claim the gift of prophecy, but I might just have been watching reruns...