Word: priore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only tenuous narrative coherence remains; the attempts made to integrate the various episodes into the film are sometimes rather artificial. On occasion, when a scene from the past is introduced, an image appears in the center of the screen, and gradually assumes the foreground, almost emerging from behind the prior picture; at other times, a voice-over of a letter written either from Mr. Stevens to Miss Kenton or vice-versa, recalls a scene which then surfaces on the screen. In another misguided attempt to create unity, the American millionaire by whom Stevens is currently employed is conflated with another...
Perhaps. But Francois has been known to call Cedras cocopol (chicken s) behind his back. And a military source in Haiti reports that Francois is . miffed that the recent assassination of Justice Minister Guy Malary was handled by the army but carried out by Francois's men -- without his prior knowledge. Some Haitians see in this an army attempt to reduce Francois's power. A military officer who watches Francois closely says Haiti's top cop has woven his own power structure and manages it with considerable skill. Whether in league with Cedras or not, Francois plainly intends to stay...
Furthermore, the win capped a 6-1 season for the Crimson and ensured its position atop the region. A stunning loss to a weak Yale squad had left Harvard tied with Boston University at 5-1 prior to the weekend. But the Crimson knew going into Saturday's match that a victory would give it the title, since Harvard defeated BU 47-18 earlier in the season...
...Streetcar Named Desire is quite a different matter, as masterpieces always are. It's nice that four minutes, cut prior to its 1951 release in order to placate the then powerful Catholic Church's Legion of Decency, have been restored. But the important restoration is of a great film to contemporary consciousness. Indeed, comparing dimmed memories of the 1951 cut with this one, what strikes you is how resistant to censorship Tennessee Williams' work was. In the struggle between poetically yearning Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) and brutally realistic Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando) for the soul of her sister...
...bespectacled forecaster recently named to a senior staff position on the President's Council of Economic Advisers, is the originator of an uncannily accurate political rule: the incumbent party wins re-election only if Americans' real disposable income grows at 3.7% or better during the 12 months prior to Election Day. Anything below that, and it's curtain time...