Word: idyllicly
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...Prime Minister himself profited while in office: his holdings included a beauty salon, several hotel guesthouses and the Evening Palace nightclub, where Grenadians seeking the favors of Sir Eric were expected to spend freely. When a 1973 general strike threatened Sir Eric's financial idyl, the Mongoose Gang savagely beat up three opposition leaders, including Maurice Bishop. Two months later, Bishop's father was killed by police during a demonstration...
Agreed, but sometimes it can't be all good either. During the filming in Hawaii of Irwin Allen's ultimate disaster movie, The Day the World Ended, with Newman and William Hoiden, Bisset's reel-life idyl was interrupted by real-life meteorological aberrations. Not only were there earthquakes, but the usually sun-washed Kona coast was lashed by heavy rains that set back filming and added another $2 million to the $20 million budgeted. Bisset and Newman, during one interruption in the shooting, were caught by photographers making comparisons that were more odd than odious...
...Utopias that once sprang up in Haight-Ashbury, Woodstock and the East Village. Yet Weller does not get carried away by his conceit. His characters talk like people, not platitudinous flower children, and their all too innocent dream does not last forever. Eventually the tribe must leave its forest idyl behind to confront the wintry realities of a society gripped by an irrational...
...have not appeased her sense of loss. Out of vengeance or whim she has carried on an affair with Annie's fiance. Callously neglected by her late husband, Ruth fervently argues that loyalty and fidelity are above price. Only Aunt Helen has shared untarnished love in a lesbian idyl with an aviatrix now long dead. It is an odd angle of vision that per mits Playwright Babe to present this as the sole satisfactory relationship...
...Grammophon) Symphony No. 6 (Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Deutsche Grammophon; 2 LPs). Ozawa's intensity is ideal for the extreme contrasts of the stormily triumphant first symphony. Conducting the grim, immense sixth, Karajan draws amazing color from the orchestra. The slow third movement is a lovely idyl amidst the gloom...