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...second figure appeared. That seemed odd, especially since he now noticed there was not another soul on the street. A taxi's brake lights winked in the distance, though, and the pool of light in front of the hotel reassured him. Just as he reached that welcoming glare, the figure on the left cut in front of him. The other shadow moved up to just behind his shoulder. Hand thrust forward in his jacket pocket, the first figure said, "Gimme your money...
...markets for everything from Chinese ceramics to Government bonds last year provided a classic case study of what happens to investment values when interest rates and inflation begin to slide. Collectibles, which once glittered in the glare of rising prices, assumed a certain dowdiness, while the stock market won the spotlight as it pierced all previous tops. But the real stars were bonds...
...first person to reach the van was Special Agent W.H. Seals, who found Mayer barely conscious, mumbling, "They shot me in the head." Inside, explosives experts found no TNT but an ample supply of food and water and a portable TV set. Moments later, under the glare of helicopter searchlights, Mayer died, killed by bullet fragments in the head. His short, unhappy ride was over...
...mood and action of the film, adding to the disjointed impression. Sting's contribution as an actor, however, is excellent. He carries the Malcolm McDowell villainous schoolboy role a step or two higher in intensity: in fact, the two even resemble each other somewhat physically, especially in the cold glare of the eyes. Denholm Elliott characterized every feature of Thomas to perfection, and Joan Plowright manages to make her character warm and sympathetic under the circumstances...
...pinkish vertical, another stage flat, turns into a stucco wall; a cobalt patch at the center, where the vanishing point would be if there were any perspective, resolves itself as a glimpse of sea; the S of creamy green paint that lights the whole painting with its contradictory glare, leaping against the more tentative and modulated speckling of the rest of the surface, is the wake of a speedboat, tracing its phosphorescent gesture on the night water...