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...precisely Woody Allen's redeeming feature is that he places himself on the 'before' side; he knows that it's good to be able to laugh at yourself, but it's better not to find yourself needing to spend all your time in this pastime. Hence the nimbus of gloom on all his films. Certainly few people would recognize what makes Allen so popular in the tone Yacowar wields...

Author: By Peter Swaab, | Title: Academia Meets The Loser | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

...rain started to fall, a gloom settled over Harvard Stadium; and half the quarter ticked away without a sing of life from the Crimson...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Gridders Exile Quakers, 41-26 | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

...their songs is nearly always the disappointments of love. On Tusk these disappointments are explored in even greater detail than they were in Rumours; virtually every cut deals with lovers leaving or leaving one's lover. Only the final song on the album. "Never Forget," relieves the pervasive gloom; in this otherwise typical song, love finally triumphs: "Come on baby now don't you be cold/just remember that love is gold/could we ever forget tonight...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Driftwood of the '70s | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

From the wings enter two crimson-draped women, who commence a ritualistic dance in the darkness surrounding Lear. The audience, distracted from the old king's contortions, stares into the gloom and realizes that Regan and Goneril have joined their father on the heath...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Not the Promis'd End | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...began to lose altitude as it neared the border. A searchlight picked out the balloon for a terrifying moment as it crossed the border at about 6,000 ft., but then moved on. At 100 ft., Strelczyk made out a piece of farm machinery in the gloom below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: The Great Balloon Escape | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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