Word: interruption
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Particularly intriguing was the way the private Gar turned his back in embarrassment whenever the public Gar showed sentimentality or emotion toward another character. And when Gar, his father, and the long-time maid (perfectly played by Betsy Menes) are praying, the private Gar seeks to interrupt his other self's prayer with sexual thoughts...
...broadstroke paintings of bullfighters and peasants decorating the walls, the loosely hung curtains and various knick-knacks all contribute to the quietly Mediterranean atmosphere--though expert Ted would interrupt here to emphasize that Portugal is an Atlantic country. To the uninitiated American, the effect is the same...
With the exception of death, nothing seems likely to interrupt the boozy monotony of such played-out lives. Amis does, as it happens, kill off one of his major characters, with no warning at all. But this end is not a climax. The novel's conclusion echoes with small regenerations, salvages hoarded against the arrival of the inevitable. The comfort is cold but no less welcome for that. The Old Devils is not quite Amis' funniest book; it is his wisest and most humane...
McFarlane's near tragedy did not interrupt the flow of Iranscam revelations. The presidential commission, headed by former Republican Senator John Tower of Texas, postponed its report for one week, until Feb. 26, after announcing that it had discovered "new material" on the scandal. Reports are that the new evidence consists of computer records, thought to have been lost, detailing far-flung and possibly illegal efforts to raise money for the Nicaraguan contras by former National Security Council Aide Oliver North...
...understanding of the laws [against drinking and drugs] is the principle that drugs that intoxicate the brain have an effect of not letting your behaviors interact with your soul," Diessner says. "They interrupt the dialectic between the soul and the body...