Word: hards
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...penalties for possession, or even use, makes criminals of ordinary young people who are carried away by a simple urge for experimentation. These are moderate reformers, who do not advocate abolition of laws against importation or sale of marijuana, and who offer no defense whatever for LSD or other "hard" drugs...
...Hard Decisions. The board's proposals must now be approved by the 1,366 members of the exchange and by the Securities and Exchange Commission. And if approval is granted, the exchange must find a way to prevent disruptive takeovers of member firms by speculators, or even by the Mafia. Another problem is that many of the smaller firms will have a hard time selling their securities in competition with the big brokerage houses, and some are likely to fold for lack of capital. The smaller firms, which have relatively high overhead, also stand to be hurt by volume...
...paled. "At first it's fun, because you get the illusion of achieving. But I've spent my life with political people and they never accomplish anything. We ex-Communists have a flavor that is instantaneously recognizable to each other -a sort of dryness. It is very hard to get on with the young socialists today. They seem so romantic-as if nothing had ever happened...
...impressive. There is a strong, gamey spirit among the staff; they know the frustrations of their work and they know how to laugh when the problems threaten to undermine their belief in what they can do. And if you can convince them that you are willing to work hard, they will take a chance on you and your ideas of how to improve things...
This kind of film is very hard to pull off, since a few moments of excess and we are trapped in an atmosphere as pretentious as the one being chide. Thankfully, Agnes Varda's style is clear and elegant, perfect for the balance necessary to make Les Creatures work. Her frames are clear and simple and her cutting so clean that the most outlandish of sequences (an indescribable interrupted eating scene) seems logical...