Word: heightening
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...bride and Hacklin's children (Heather Bicknell, Andrew Fenwick) are spirited away. The Government not only refuses to tell Hacklin what has become of his children, it blocks his efforts to find them. The conspiracy is expensive and sophisticated; Hacklin is poor and simple. But Caan refuses to heighten this classic confrontation between soulless bureaucracy and the individual who has no weapons on his side. Dramatically, the underplaying of Hacklin's frustrations may be a mistake; one yearns for a scene in which Caan busts loose, gives full vent to his pain and anger. Yet there is something...
...often spiritless society. In addition, Mahan Singh claims the commitment Sikhs must make to the faith discourages most people from seeing it as a fad or passing fancy. "To really experience a higher consciousness," he says, takes "a tremendous amount of commitment and hard work, a desire to heighten your life and your will...
...have the physical facility of a Third World Center (like those at Princeton, Brown, Amherst and Yale) where we can come together and have our meetings, our speakers, our study groups, our dinners, our theatrical and musical productions, and our parties. Our cooperative efforts to realize this goal will heighten our political awareness. For in the end, Third World people have no choice but to be political. Refusal to fight against our oppression is tacit approval of our oppression. Remember...
...property. Condominiums encourage the middle class to come back into the city, thus creating a better mix of all income levels. During the 1960s, many urban planners said that the poor and elderly had been isolated in the city. Condominiums have definitely helped to resolve this problem. Condominiums also heighten citizens' awareness of the neighborhood in which they live and the problems within the neighborhood. It also tends to stabilize communities by producing long-term residents...
...quality by clearing away the artifice that most American film makers use to shape human experience into so-called entertainment. His screenplay strips away unnecessary detail and background from Gorman's novel; his direction concentrates on the characters' feelings above all else. Music is never used to heighten a scene, and the camera moves only when the actors' wanderings force it to do so. Benton's focus is so tight that Kramer shows a far more domestic and grittier view of Manhattan than the Allen and Mazursky films. The cinematographer is Nestor Almendros, a frequent collaborator...