Word: habit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...revival, Fred Gwynne brought out his cruel, vindictive side. With a flawless Southern accent that testifies to his lifelong perfection of craft, Olivier plays Big Daddy as the feudal lord of "28,000 acres of the richest land this side of the Valley Nile," a man born with the habit of imperial command...
...form and presence are well exploited here, although modesty at one point combines with technical ineptness to produce an awkward effect. In a dream sequence, Antonelli appears, dressed in a nun's habit of sheerest gossamer, running toward the camera in slow motion. This affords a welcome opportunity to examine the female form in motion, a salutary study quickly spoiled by the sight of gauze, securely fastened by surgical tape, covering the actress's privates. Soft-core security measures such as this may destroy even the most innocent reveries, but conclusively demonstrate that Antonelli, underneath...
...wonders whether it could be the same one she saw uptown a few weeks earlier. She always gives money to beggars, not as "a bribe to my own fortunes any longer. Even lighting candles in a church I have never prayed quite in specifics. It is just a habit now." She clings to her habits, though: they may be silly, but she's keeping her bets covered just in case...
...insistence of doctors worried about his health, Party Chief Leonid I. Brezhnev has tried for years to stop his heavy smoking. He even resorted to a special cigarette case with a timer; the case would open only once every 45 minutes. Last year Brezhnev finally kicked his habit and apparently feels that other Russians can-and had better-follow his lead...
...more. He gossips, slanders, tells randy jokes ancient even in the 15th century and borrows stories when he runs out of his own. Henry IV, he announces, "was something of an in somniac, and his struggles to get to sleep weren't much assisted by his habit of wearing his crown in bed." He claims to have seen Joan of Arc disguised as a deer. He talks of a blustering poet, "all red and arrogant and full of spondees." He spins a long unlikelihood to illustrate a proverb made up on the spot: "The Devil is most likely...