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Years of slugging away at the boxing racket have taught moviemakers how to put across this kind of message with less hokum than any other. They have learned how to roughen up a slick exterior, how to use documentary techniques to set up scenes of tough, unglamorized action. The camera moves fast, nervously picking out detail: a monstrous fullback sauntering innocently away from an opponent he has just maimed; the ground rushing up toward a runner who has been blocked once too often; a scattering of hired athletes at a fraternity dance, each as distinct from the eager fraters...

Author: By Daniel Ellsberg, | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/6/1951 | See Source »

...perceives "the division of light and shadow through an infinite number of planes . . . the secret of all living paintings or sculpture." Sculptor Barnard waved a finger at a twisted motif on his mantel, where graceful shadows tremulously yielded to high lights. Fakers cannot achieve this subtle chiaroscuro, so they roughen their surfaces with sandblasting to simulate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Great Eye | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

Captain Chase and his men, once more on the defensive, rallied and carried the fight back down the ice, peppering the barrier consisting sometimes of five men back to their own blue line. As time passed things began to roughen and penalties were numerous. The climax of a sensational battle came when St. Germain the McGill leader, streaking down the boards, crashed into an excited spectator leaning out over the ice and carried him out onto the rink. Greatly incensed the Canadian star was all for fighting his unexpected defense opponent, but players and officials came to the rescue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY SEXTET DOWNED BY McGILL | 1/9/1928 | See Source »

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