Word: rage
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan shows a narrow range of emotion of any sort. He rarely displays genuine delight or anger, a reserve that has served him well during the campaign. He has replied to Jimmy Carter's attacks with a kind of puzzled hurt that has been far more effective than rage. Reagan's substitute for strong emotion seems to be humor, both memorized and spontaneous. He is a walking repertory theater of show-biz anecdotes, one-liners, elaborate routines (interestingly, he almost never tells a political anecdote). On the campaign plane, Nancy Reagan has made a ritual of rising...
...only takes a second. Suddenly there is violence. It stems from what seems a minor rift over the purchase of groceries, but suddenly there is an axe about. It isn't any overt oppressive act, but it sends Jimmie Blacksmith into a rage. He declares war. Suddenly one realizes that under the surface incredibly strong currents were running silently. Jimmie Blacksmith takes an axe to seven women and children. In one of the most terrifying scenes of murder on film, axes slowly travel through the air. One is caught completely by surprise at the horror of it, the incongruous meeting...
...Rage of Angels, Sheldon...
...Secaucus Seven seem purged of that terrible, adolescent rage that burst through the boundaries of politics and into all facets of '60s culture--many of them are just marking time. But how grandly they have aged! Gone are the sharp edges, the arrogance, the aura of indestructibility, replaced by a quiet maturity, a fundamental honesty, and, in most of them, a sad but touching self-awareness...
...Firestarter, King (1 last week) 2. Rage of Angels, Sheldon (2) 3. The Fifth Horseman, Collins & Lapierre (6) 4. The Tenth Commandment, Sanders (3) 5. Fanny, Jong (4) 6. The Bourne Identity, Ludlum (7) 7. Random Winds, Plain (9) 8. The Ninja, Lustbader 9. The Origin, Stone 10. The Spike, De Borchgrave & Moss...