Word: happening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, for those who have read the novel, the film, though a relatively faithful adaptation, may prove something of a disappointment. Knowing pretty much what is about to happen and how it all ends inevitably lessens the tension and excitement. Too, literature, and particularly mystery novels of this type, leave much to the reader's imagination, and the descriptive details that the author, in this case Goldman, provides, allow the reader's mind to conjure up greater horrors and a stronger sense of terror than can be produced on screen...
...Look you, I conduct like this. This is my opening tempo. Here, I take it this way, then I take it that way. (It is customary procedure for the soloist to dictate the tempi and nuances.) "Just watch my stick, and nothing terrible will happen," he went...
...celebs than More can do anyway. What More should devote itself to is something along the lines of its original creation, something in the spirit of A.J. Liebling's writings on the press. Liebling dealt in matters of substance, giving examples from around the country about what can happen when you have a one-paper town, or how publishers force their biases into print, or how we are privy to such poor foreign reporting. When Liebling wrote on the Times' he didn't dwell on inter-office memos. He would critique the paper and show how, for instance...
After being furiously involved in many causes, I find the changes must first happen to your "Me." When we decide to become living examples and stop shouting, a mellowing occurs that enables us to see our strengths, weaknesses and the direction to channel our energy. You have...
...life of every white man in Africa south of the Zambezi River was the Portuguese revolution in April 1974. The military coup against the Caetano government in Lisbon led the following year to the granting of independence to Mozambique and Angola ? something the old regime vowed would never happen. Before 1975, Mozambique and Angola were Portuguese colonies that served as bulwarks against the southward march of African nationalism; after 1975, their Marxist governments became directly involved in the black struggle to overthrow the remaining white minority regimes. In time, Mozambique cut Rhodesia off from its best rail routes...