Word: greenish
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...violence expertly rendered by Serrault are reiterated, throughout the film, by haunting music and startling images. Shots fire in a posh Paris arcade. A man plays a saw with a violin bow. Naked men chase women in Gestapo uniforms. Focusing relentlessly on objects of horror, the camera captures the greenish grey tone of the film and uncovers the ghoulishness of even the most serene images. After a Jew is beaten and taken from his home, the picture-perfect image of the house of the Jew and the house of his neighbor standing identical, side by side, underlines the basic hypocrisy...
Some of the house's features are the unique Gold Room adjacent to the dining hall, large sculptures, a pipe organ and a swimming pool (used primarily for parties). Also, a large golden gong and a pair of greenish Foo dogs adorn the dining hall. The house also boasts two hand-letter printing presses...
Despite the home-field disadvantage and despite the relative strength of the Quakers, though, when Harvard dons its Crimson helmets and its greenish-gold pants this afternoon, it can take solace in one simple fact: win or lose, there's always the Yale game...
...chat about your favorite post-colonialist scholar or huddle in a corner with some slim, tragic French novel. But the coffee and desserts, though expensive, are tasty enough to attract less intense visitors. Especially good is the "Arabian toast" (sticky triangles of pita bread, and the house specialty, a greenish coffee served with lots of whipped cream...
...Saddam City have taken to foraging alongside dogs and sheep, searching for food in the mounting piles of garbage that line every street. There has been no refuse pickup in the neighborhood in five months. Nor is there clean water. Sewage has backed up into the streets in greenish, foul-smelling pools...