Word: locus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Where other directors might have tried to arouse sympathy and pathos through various devices, the Dardennes refuse to present her as a victim; conversely, she is the antithesis: proud, fearless and dynamic. The sole artifice employed to make us fall for Rosetta is by making her the sole significant locus of attention. In fact, in a performance truly remarkable for a woman of 17 (no less a film rookie), Emilie Duquenne, in the title role, fills the lens in every tightly shot frame. Duquenne's performance is one of subtlety and internal calculation. Her vacant expression as she decides whether...
...black box" had established that the Boeing 767's engines were turned off at 33,000 feet, precipitating a plunge of 16,000 feet in just 40 seconds before the plane steeply climbed for a mile and a half and then finally plunged into the ocean. That shifted the locus of the investigation - and most conspiratorial conjecture - to the cockpit, and the factors that might have prompted the crew to turn off the engines. But the "black box" tape of the pilot and copilot's last conversation proved disappointing: "Something happens. Alarms go off. Both work...
...foreign policy drift precedes the Lewinsky scandal. In fact, the CTBT debacle confirms a steady trend throughout the '90s of diminishing attention to Washington?s international commitments, and a diminishing of the office of the presidency as the locus of foreign policy decision making. Voting down an arms control agreement painstakingly negotiated with Washington?s key allies and adversaries would have been almost unthinkable during the Cold War. Not that the Senate didn?t have the constitutional right to do so, but the global conflict with the Soviets created a political culture in which partisan debates ended at America...
...House boasts a large stock of single rooms. Gracious common rooms abound, and with an underground theater and large JCR (complete with stage), Cabot is an attractive locus for dramatic productions. New masters James H. and Janice Ware bring a scientific bend to the House--the former is academic dean at the school of public health, the latter: an instructor in psychology...
...House boasts a large stock of single rooms. Gracious common rooms abound, and with an underground theater and large JCR (complete with stage), Cabot is an attractive locus for dramatic productions. New masters James H. and Janice Ware bring a scientific bend to the House--the former is academic dean at the school of public health, the latter: an instructor in psychology...