Word: skies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them peasants the director discovered in Orgosolo, bring to their roles a pithecanthropic power that few actors could suggest; and the landscape of Sardinia is astonishing, a scene of Pre-Cambrian catastrophe. On every side great ridges of bare rock burst out of the earth, leap up to the sky, fall back in fragments. Seen from a summit, the whole island resembles a titanic skeleton over which man wanders like...
...hardly that grim. Remembrance, what I have excluded, tends to flood back; the Mass River at night, with lights from cranes cutting the sky as though Rotterdam expected the bombers again; Curacao in the early morning, dry caked and smelling of oil; the union hall and the member who motions to "Kick all the winos, finks, and faggots out of the NMU!" (Curran replied "What d'ye want, a non-paying union?" General laughter...
...That Sky. Through all the fun, the President sipped beer from his paper cup. Eventually, he ran dry, refilled once from Marianne's supply, emptied his cup again, and took off at speeds up to 90 m.p.h. to get more. Reporters in the cars behind could scarcely keep up, and all kept a wary eye on their speedometers. In the President's car, someone gasped at how fast Johnson was driving. Quickly, Lyndon took one hand from the wheel, removed his five-gallon hat and flopped it on the dashboard to cover the speedometer. Later, White House Press...
...sunset, after two hours of hair-raising sightseeing, Johnson sped to a lonely granite knob that overlooks miles of ranchland. Suddenly meditative, he gazed at the stunning panorama before him. "Look at that sky," he said. "Why would anyone want to leave here and go back and fight...
...company's earnings should be paid out to the employees or reinvested. Sljeme's net profit averages a respectable 4% of sales, and earnings are usually reinvested. Is there a practical limit to Sljeme's growth? "Oh, yes," says Marton quickly. "There is a limit. The sky." It is clear that he has also learned a few lessons from Madison Avenue...