Word: leape
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...distracting crosscutting or ogling close-ups that later video directors have found so irresistible. One surprisingly awkward visual moment, though, occurs in the middle of the most famous line in the opera, the Marschallin's worldly wise "Ja, ja" as she withdraws from Octavian's life. Here the film leaps in mid-utterance from a long shot of Schwarzkopf to a close-up, calling attention to the camerawork when the viewer's concentration should be on the poignancy of the moment. Although the color has faded somewhat, giving the film an antique air, the picture is sharp and clear...
...reaction to the sea change in the Administration's international economic policy has been generally good so far. The London Financial Times, while admitting that the plan has shortcomings, wrote in an editorial last week: "Mr. Baker's initiative could represent a 'great leap' towards balance and prosperity for the international financial system, and the Third World...
...crowd were not only predisposed to Farrakhan, they seemed to be ahead of him, rising to his message so eagerly it was hard to tell if the incitement preceded the response. Farrakhan's male guards, who sat lined up in chairs facing forward on the stage, were trained to leap to attention whenever the audience went wild, as if creating a sudden row of exclamation points. The drill suggested that the audience must have been bursting to express its hatred all along. It seemed so. Farrakhan may be a second-rate demagogue, but he has some first-rate hate...
...ethnic issues aside, The Year of the Dragon is one to leap right...
...there is a growing realization that financial remedies alone are not enough. Said Business Week, the national financial newspaper: "The brutal fact is that there are no economic or non-political measures we can take to change the situation. The quantum leap necessary now to ensure future prosperity and the ultimate survival of whites is entirely political." Recognizing this fact, four organizations representing much of South Africa's industry urged the government to take steps to end political instability, including bringing blacks into the political system. In a long statement, the business groups responded to the suspension of trading...