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...does thrill to it. Rhetoric though they be, Miller's fiery prophecies of revolution, Reiffel's well-padded complacency and the workers' vignettes of woe create a momentum that overcomes the pragmatic 1980s assumption that "nothing is ever that simple." Director Josh Milton's fine sense of timing and placement melds the difficult mancuvers of lockstep group motion and robot-like dance rhythms to reinforce a visceral feeling of brewing social pressure, of the inevitable coming explosion...
Freshman Jon Ross neutralized Army "A"'a chief weapon, a 6 ft. 8 in, middle blocker. At Palm's request, Ross worried lessout power and concentrated on placement and arm-swing speed. As a result, Ross controlled the net and sent spikes to the court in front of diving Cadets...
...more significant respect, however, he has occupied a spot envied by the rest of the city's politicians, able to decide with his own vote any of the city council's key debates. Although Vellucci has enjoyed that position and successfully maintained it, his original placement there was no accident...
...strict and every eligible man was drafted Right now in the army for every soldier on the front line there are approximately six non-combat people who back him up. Most of the backup jobs require a higher level of skill than the infantry man on the front line. Placement in one job or another, say computers or medical technician, is determined by a test. Many ambitious but disadvantaged young men who might otherwise be placed in a computer training program in the Army would undoubtedly be bumped from that position by one of the many college math students drafted...
...argument goes like this: every movie is propaganda. Every character is a walking placard-for capitalism or idealism or monogamy or the status quo. Every shot, by its placement and rhythm and duration, is one more Pavlovian command to the viewer. A narrative movie is usually successful to the extent that it obscures these facts, transforms the thesis into entertainment and the placards into persuasive semblances of human beings...