Word: passione
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Click click click. The central figure in all these vignettes is the real- life Ingmar Bergman, and never has an autobiography been more aptly titled than The Magic Lantern. For it is as if the great director, whose passion for the transforming power of the vividly projected image was first stirred by the paraffin-lamp projector that was his favorite childhood toy, is rummaging through a boxful of old slides and throwing them on memory's screen in the order they come to hand, without pause or transitional comment...
...Wright brothers and Charles Lindbergh had their passion for flying ignited by successful model planes. Astronaut John Glenn bought 10 cents Comet kits more than a half-century ago, and the flimsy model planes he built launched him into space. Baugher, too, has a real-life side to his hobby: he is one of the few professional flyers of radio-controlled small aircraft. Baugher works for the AAI Corp., which does high-tech, often secret work on drones, those unmanned aircraft that may someday patrol the skies guided by electronics from distant command posts. Pursued in his off-hours...
When not locked in fierce competition, Dobre and Silivas are pals who share a passion for pop music and food treats. Dobre has a weakness for ice cream; Silivas' tastes run to schnitzel and fries. As the strict training regimen expressly forbids the distraction of boyfriends, they liven their evenings with goose-feather pillow fights and what Head Coach Adrian Goreac cheerfully calls "talk, talk, talk." They are avid readers of adventure books. Dobre, a mischief-maker who collects dolls, favors fictional heroes who "fight all obstacles to reach their aims." Silivas, a quiet and intelligent girl, prefers a stately...
...weapon has been Crime Victims for Court Reform. Drawing on the savvy of Strategist Bill Roberts, a political consultant who co-managed Ronald Reagan's 1966 gubernatorial campaign, the group includes victims of crime and their families, in some cases the parents or spouses of murder victims. With the passion of bitter experience, they denounce Bird at public gatherings, and will swell the ranks of doorbell ringers that Roberts plans to field by the thousands next month. "There's a juggernaut coming down the street," he promises...
...desirable for them to have to worry about voters when they make their legal judgments? Courts were never intended to reflect the popular will in the manner of legislatures. In judicial elections, says Berkeley Law Professor Franklin Zimring, "you walk the tightrope between democratic accountability and popular passion. Everybody agrees that accountability is fine and passion stinks, but how do you tell the difference...