Word: moment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whatever a Japanese student's goal, the good life beckons the moment he gets past the narrow entrance-examination gate. Since the accent is on rote memorization of facts, a student can always cram to pass a test and he has to be atrociously uninterested to flunk out. For rural youths, the excitement of living in Tokyo compensates for classroom tedium. Money is rarely a problem. A student can find board and room-the universities have few dorms-for as little as $30 a month. A curry-and-rice lunch costs 30 cents. He can meet his tuition...
...Margaret Leighton gave the performance of the evening. There was one moment when her body seemed to break apart as she crossed the stage. You saw how completely the woman and her tiny hopes were crushed. Whenever she spoke, she started out eagerly, then collapsed from fear of being reprimanded. Still, she perched on her chair awaiting the split second in a conversation that would be hers to fill...
...route to the 1968 presidential primaries has been circuitous. He entered the national political spotlight with his "Do not forsake this man" nominating speech for Adlai E. Stevenson at the 1960 Democratic convention. Many Stevenson supporters remember that as the last truly grand moment in their hero's career...
...Sturges is an inconsistent imitator. He can't stand cutting time instead of drawing it out to fullness. He can't stand the beautiful, lingering-moment Western and occasionally reverts to antique ways. In the courtroom scene, for example, he dissolves from one witness to the next--stages a few artificial flare-ups between leaders and followers. And to pick up the pace still more, he produces some split-second moral dilemmas for W. Earp. Sturges should have been loyal either to Sergio Leone or to the TV economy of Gunsmoke. As it is, we get a mishmash of temper...
Then for a moment the stroboscopic lights catch his pulsating body, freezing it in uplifted emotion. Harder and harder it works, trying to break the bondage of light...