Word: passion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...estimated arsenal of 55 million automatics and revolvers. That is one pistol for every four Americans. There is no dispute over these facts, but the endless debate over gun control, pro and con, is dominated by facile slogans, contradictory statistics and arguments that owe as much to passion as to reason. The only consensus is that the present patchwork of nearly 25,000 gun regulations-most at the state and local levels-is a costly, bothersome sham. Practically speaking, any person with $10 in cash can find someone to sell him one of America's great equalizers, the handguns...
That caveat is echoed with some passion in Seoul and Jakarta. The South Koreans and most Southeast Asians are glad to see the Japanese openly debating the expansion of forces to defend their home islands and territorial waters, but no one in East Asia, including the Japanese, wants the U.S. to prod Japan into taking responsibility for other countries as well. On this subject, Ambassador Hahm of South Korea clenches his fist, purses his lips and raises his voice: "There is a suspicion throughout the area that the U.S. may be tempted to strengthen Japan as a surrogate. That plays...
...Nick's café is just a short drive from Hollywood, Cora knows the only spotlight she is likely to appear in is the concupiscent glare from men across the counter. Frank knows he's several criminal convictions past a prime he never had. But his rutting passion for Cora offers them both the reckless hope of transcendence...
...beatific and even-handed charity of the Catholic Father Paz (David Johnson) persuades little better. The exclusive focus on the dutiful and kindly stereotype of the priest--a role Johnson plays with subdued control--shuts out any insights into the tension and passion of a man so close to the heart of the revolutionary upheaval. The unending saccharine sweetness manifests itself again in the angelic religious devotion of Rodrigo's brother Manuel (Phillip Windemuth), who delivers his lines with unwavering child-like idealism...
...incest with his half sister, bisexual promiscuity and sodomy, all with disconcerting jollity. Justly praised for his film work in Altered States and Eyewitness, Hurt has scant headroom in this bombette of a play to do more than parade his grand good looks. Crouse fetchingly adorns the evening with passion and perspicuity...