Word: hiatuses
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Then came a hiatus, an interruption--Eugene McCarthy. When we were all sure that it would be Johnson and Nixon in November with no one really caring, McCarthy showed up. In March he nearly won New Hampshire. And then, on the night before April Fool's Day, Johnson told us that he wouldn't run, that he would try for peace. And suddenly, things fell to pieces...
Sometimes the camera holds too long. A motorcycle idles along for ninety seconds, a dull out-of-focus journey, a bum trip. In another scene six consecutive point-of-view shots reach for tedium. But the hiatus of time often catches qualities unnoticed by a tick-tock eye. A long closeup--almost a still--of Samantha's fragile face penetrates to the madonna calm and compassion she possesses. The epiphany is not just the result of Maeve Kinkead's fine acting. Hunter takes the time to look, really look--and we see. When Anastasia washes body paint off her legs...
...upcoming months, the programmers are preparing the TV, debuts of such film stars as Doris Day, William Holden, Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn, as well as more specials by such writers as Paddy Chayefsky, Tad Mosel and Gore Vidal, who have returned to TV after a hiatus of several years...
Meantime, despite the rising political pressures for a bombing halt to try for peaceful negotiations, the prospect in Viet Nam now is merely for 24-hour cease-fires at Christmas and New Year's, with another 48-hour hiatus in February for Tet, the Buddhist lunar New Year...
...Hall group will serve as bellwether for local Romney cells around the country and may be able to overcome the organizational hiatus that has been hampering the Michigander's cause. Meanwhile, Hall intends to give Romney a peg on which to hang a formal announcement of candidacy when the time is right. "He has asked me," said Hall, "to make a detailed and careful sounding of sentiment in every state with respect to the nomination and the best way to ensure the party's chances for success. When the survey is completed, I will report the results...