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Word: parise (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Iphigenia at Aulis unquestionably stands as one of the most timeless and powerful of the Greek tragedies. After the Trojan Paris elopes with Menelaus's wife Helen, the Greek kings and their armies converge on Aulis, from where, under the command of Menelaus's brother, Agamemnon, they will sail to...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: A Tragedy--but not a Total Loss | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

Inevitably, it is the glitches that will be remembered. The fumbles in Warsaw by two interpreters who seemed unable to convert Jimmy Carter's English into accurate Polish. The live TV mike in New Delhi that enabled pool reporters to hear the President undiplomatically instructing Secretary of State Cyrus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Jimmy's Journey: Mostly Pluses | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI doesn't seem to take things halfway. If his Last Tango in Paris contained some of the most graphic sex that had ever been offered to general audiences in 1972, 1900 is one of the most concerted efforts ever to put the class struggle on the screen. By...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Magnificent Disaster | 1/13/1978 | See Source »

Rochek and crew have used some of the money to get Joseph Skvoresky, a screenwriter, to appear at the festival, and also two people named A. Lehm and D. Oliva, apparently highly-regarded as critics (Lehm helped choose and order the films), and they're comments are bound to instructive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exam Period on a Shot of Gin, a Couple Bucks and a Bit of Gall | 1/12/1978 | See Source »

When the elections are over, the worries of the French will be translated into realities. No one knows what shape the government will takes after March, but most observers expect increasing instability. Two new political novels have recently appeared in the book stalls in Paris, highlighting the situation. One, "The...

Author: By Brian L. Zimbler, | Title: High Anxiety | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

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