Word: heightening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gold, who invited Singer, said his absence last year and the publicity generated by his winning the Noble Prize should heighten interest in his appearance...
Hang time -- it's the key to the punting game, and both Restic and MacMurray know there's too little of it right now. "We lack a punting coach, per se," MacMurray says, explaining he works out alone, trying to improve his drop, heighten his extension and lengthen his hang time. But such an improvement takes time and concentration; and for MacMurray, that means solitude...
...settings for the fairy world that are all silver and black. And, taking a cue from the Fairy Queen's remark about being able to "swing upon a cobweb," he opened the show by dropping in a huge cobweb. This denial of a broad spectrum only serves to heighten the impact of the ensuing magnificent procession of Peers, fifteen strong, resplendently garbed and sporting rich velvet capes of different colors. The music itself not only parodies marches by Bellini, Meyerbeer, Wagner and Verdi but is also better than the pieces it satirizes. And the chorus of lords makes a full...
...with his body? Communiqué No. 9 gave no details. Many politicians shared the view of Justice Minister Paolo Bonifacio: "I consider the terrorist communiqué authentic. But I don't believe the final sentence. I think it more probable that it's a terrorist gambit to heighten the tension in the country." Indeed, three weeks before, a message, later disavowed by the Red Brigades but still believed to be authentic, said that Moro had been killed and his body dumped in a mountain lake. It proved to be false...
Such an ironic twist breathes fresh air into a few of the stories, especially when Schorer uses his imagery not to undercut his heroes with satire but to heighten the intensity of their momentary fulfillment...