Word: plot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...violation of party unity, to seize power for itself. When Mao became critically ill, said the editorial, the radicals' "attacks on the party became more frantic and their attempts to usurp the position of the supreme leaders more hurried." Thus Hua's feat of "smashing their plot" saved "the revolution and the party...
...minor classic. Generations of readers have leaned back joyfully into the author's affectionate knowledge of the sea as they follow the adventures of two young Englishmen who cruise the low-lying islands and tidal sands of the North Sea in a small boat and unravel a plot that involves spying and skullduggery...
...scenes carry remarkable conviction. One reason is Childers' extraordinary affection for his main characters, both the worldly Carruthers and Davies, whom Carruthers has always patronized but comes to admire. There is, of course, a damsel in distress - Clara, whose Englishness in the midst of Germans gives away the plot a bit early. But who cares? A man would have to be a brutish lout not to fall for Clara, with her "brown, firm hand - no, not so very small, my sentimental reader...
...teacher, nicely played by Betty Buckley, rescues her and punishes her tormentors with extrastrenuous work outs, which naturally leads the dear chil dren to plot still deeper humiliation for Carrie. The idea is to rig her election as prom queen and destroy her at her moment of unexpected triumph...
...perceptive review last August of the television coverage of the primaries, Paul Weaver charged the networks with a condescending and contemptuous attitude toward the candidates, and also with a portrayal of the campaign as Melodrama, featuring heroes, villains, and an underlying plot...