Word: reacted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Marine combat veterans in an Irish working-class neighborhood of Boston. Through interviews, rap sessions and conversations in bars, he discovered a common tendency on the part of his subjects to carry into civilian life the unbridled violence that served them well in combat. "They have learned to react violently, spontaneously and without premeditation," says Levy. "It's a situation that keeps them alive over there, but gets them into prison back here...
During shooting, says Coppola, "there was a full flush of intuition that Brando fused with his technique. If a herd of buffalo ran across the set, he'd react in character." For Brando's death scene, the script called for him to cavort with his grandson in a garden, then topple over from a stroke. Brando suggested adding a little game that he played with his own children: he cut a set of jagged fangs from an orange rind and inserted them in his mouth. The result not only drew a spontaneous on-screen reaction from the child...
Lord knows how a Harvard Square audience will react. If it gives King Kong a chance, it may become like the pre-teen who sat behind me muttering "Jeez, Jeezus, Jeezus" through the whole movie: embarrassed to be caught up in such corn, but drawn into the world of fantasy nevertheless...
...performance "opening night". As far as I could tell it was a dress rehersal that meant business. The only people in the audience seemed to be those in some way connected with the production, and most of them must have seen it before because they made no effort to react to what was happening onstage. At these Thursday evening performances it's best to keep your month shut during intermission because the critical comment you make is bound to offend the person who sewed the gold buttons on such-and-such's jacket. But as a courtesy to those...
...covered some explosive moments in U.S.-Soviet relations, including the U-2 incident and the 1961 Berlin crisis, but through it all Thompson maintained excellent rapport with Soviet leaders. He was also valued for his ability to analyze Soviet intentions and predict how the Kremlin would react in specific cases; thus the White House sought his advice during the Cuban missile confrontation...