Word: somehow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slaughter that had triggered it?changed the diplomatic outlook for the Middle East. Ever since Anwar Sadat undertook his "sacred mission" to Jerusalem last November, the focus had been on the pursuit of peace and the chance that, despite all the subsequent setbacks, the Egyptian President's initiative could somehow propel the protagonists toward an unraveling of their ancient grievances. Now, suddenly, the talk of peace was replaced by grave concern about a renewal of the old Middle East "cycle of violence," as U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance called...
Once the ride of terror began, moreover, the usual Israeli talent for inventive tactics seemed somehow to collapse. There were no smokescreens laid across the highway, and only one feeble attempt was made to force the hijacked bus to stop. Not until the captured bus hit a stretch of highway seeded with nails outside Tel Aviv were the terrorists and their hostages stopped by a blockade hastily erected by police who had been alerted to the hijacking...
...Prewitt is cold, ironical, and very effective in his role as Dick Savage, the bright young businessman under Moorehouse's wing. Prewitt's greatest assets are his insincere smile and deceptively flat voice. Where Moorehouse is soft, Prewitt's Savage is tough and pragmatic. Somehow he will survive the Crash and become the new era's success story; even as the cognac flows in a Paris cafe in celebration of the end of the world war, Savage suggests somewhat cheerfully, "Who knows? We might be back here for the next...
...similar roles. Kirk Douglas's face has never seemed longer, and that dimple never more defiant. With the stature and angry leer of a depraved baboon (perfect for a DePalma hero), and a cuddly, newfound warmth, Douglas looks like a MAD magazine caricature of himself, and that is somehow very appropriate. Carrie Snodgrass, in her first appearance since Diary of a Mad Housewife, walks off with the movie, and if she can bring this much warmth and humanity to The Fury, with those drawn cheekbones and kitty-cat voice, then she stands to regain her former stature...
...other 10 per cent is what he has actually done, and all of this is wrapped up in his push for succession. Somehow I fail to see how this actually benefits the people of Mississippi. It would be different if he were pushing for better schools, better health care, more commerce, etc., but these have been almost entirely ignored...