Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talent lies in the succinctly evocative, Kletzsch grants himself a freer hand over his composition, allowing the generous repetition of themes to broaden his canvas. Sometimes, as in moments during the first movement, 'moderato cantabile', the repetition tends to long-windedness; a series of triplet structures, for example, seem a bit too obvious in their last few recapitulations (especially after the piece's lovely opening, reminiscent of a Bach sarabande...
FILMS GLORIFYING the criminal element seem to be quite the rage today. The great success of The Godfather, Prizzi's Honor and now Family Business attest to the popularity of these people we wouldn't want as neighbors. An affair with a woman and plagiarized speeches may be enough to bring down presidential candidates but murder, burglary and treachery only increase our enjoyment of a film...
...enjoyable place to visit, but the spirit which guides Disneyland--that play can be managed--is an invidious one. It's also a philosophy beginning to hold such sway over the minds of officials of the state that more spontaneous displays of public enjoyment are starting to seem dangerous...
Katherine L. Strobos '91 said that she caught a cold worrying about whether she got into a lotteried class. Quincy House residents blame one South Carolinian who hates the Northern climate. They all seem to agree that the common cold, with many symptoms and few cures, is spreading rapidly through the campus...
Well-made fictions like Fatal Attraction prosper because they seem more persuasive than fact. Nicolas Roeg's Castaway has another challenge. Just try believing that a bright, spirited woman like Lucy Irvine (Amanda Donohoe) would answer a man's ad for a desert-island mate and set out for a year alone with an impractical chap like Gerald Kingsland (Oliver Reed). But it did happen, and Roeg and Writer Allan Scott have made an engaging movie based on Irvine's memoir...