Word: looming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Economically, our share of the world market is bound to decline still further so that neither our trade nor our aid will have even the influence they currently possess. By the year 2000, we will have to rely on foreign markets, foreign goods, foreign investments loom larger in our eonomy, we will be unable to achieve greater growth or reduce our unemployment without the cooperation of the other great economic powers...
...remembers "being terrified as a little boy by an appearance of Mr. Peanut" and evaporates when he speaks of tarot cards and the riddle of the sphinx. Strieber lobbies for understanding between humans and aliens: "two universes spinning each other together . . . the old weaver of reality rethreading creation's loom." The last time anyone dispensed such advice was on The Twilight Zone, where it belonged...
...sense of textbook timing, occasionally tries to pump up his flashback talkathon with chase scenes that distract from the film's mood. But he has located a chic, grim style for the story. Garish, ominous colors flash vividly across his monochrome palette. The streets keep sweating rain, and clouds loom over the bayou like threats written in cigar smoke. Images of mirrors, feet, overhead fans, unknown soldiers and shrouded figures punctuate Harry's waking dreams, inching him closer to the terrible truth...
...begin extending her authority. The center, the largest portion of the population, is behind her. But only 60 percent of her own armed forces voted in favor of the draft constitution; if she cannot increase her popularity within the military the threat of further coup attempts will continue to loom ominous. On the other hand, if she cannot control the Communist insurgency she may well lose popular support...
...largely given way to a more novelistic brand of mystery, in which the solution may not matter that much to either the writer or the reader. The motive for a crime is more likely to be psychological than economic, and therefore the identity of the perpetrator is likely to loom up long before the last page. The detective has become an amiably flawed working stiff rather than a thinking machine. The final chapter is often devoted to the start of a romance for him or his client instead of the laborious untangling of a villain's scheme...