Word: silent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...among the Viet Cong. Prompted by Hanoi's radio and newspapers, North Vietnamese schoolchildren compare his deeds to "a thousand thunderbolts." His picture, taken when he was a guerrilla, has become a pinup among the Viet Cong, who name squads after him and hold periods of silent meditation to gain strength from his example. The Viet Cong have awarded him a posthumous decoration for "indomitable loyalty resoluteness and sublime bravery," and declared that he "has shaken an entire region of the country and terrorized the enemies." Earlier this year, his deeds were celebrated at a gathering in Hanoi...
...pieces are quite sufficient"), she wrote her own account of the Stein salon in What Is Remembered. In it she recalls Stein's deathbed scene: "I sat next to her, and she said to me early in the afternoon, 'What is the answer?' I was silent. 'In that case,' she said, 'what is the question?' " The years after Stein's death were empty ones. With money short, Alice was forced to sell Picasso drawings that Gertrude had willed her. She became embroiled with Stein's relatives in a court battle over...
...adversaries have undergone some renovations too. In the first Drummond adventure, Irma was described as a sultry brunette who spoke in silent-movie captions ("Mon Dieu, you ugly man! Tell me why you are such a fool!"). In this film, she is introduced as the svelte blonde secretary of an oil magnate who maintains his executive offices in a private jetliner. "Your cigar, sir," murmurs Irma (Elke Sommer), as she extracts a plump Corona from her ruffled cigarter. The boss lights up, draws deep, looks faintly startled as the cigar explodes a .38 slug that rips through the back...
...hospital, I had prepared some materials for a lesson on infant feeding. I had had in mind making a talk to assembled expectant mothers in the prenatal clinic. "I'm ready to give my course," I announced to the head midwife. The waiting room was crowded with silent women holding bottles. The midwife, an educated woman, smiled noncomitally. "I'll talk in French, of course; all I need is someone to interpret," I continued...
...success of the Carpenter Center has both reflected and stimulated a generally increased awareness of film work. And now Timothy Hunter, the energetic president of Ivy Films has accomplished the quite remarkable feat of producing the first feature-length motion picture by an undergraduate in 18 years: a good silent movie called Sinister Madonna...