Word: spite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...humanity." MacLeish finds the resolution for the play and for himself neither in reason nor in religion. He writes that "the play's resolution is the only one humanity has ever found which I can accept for myself: the resolution in and through love...by loving life in spite of life...
...spite of this year's warm winter and an international fall in oil prices. Harvard expects that its energy costs will continue to rise this year because it is negotiating a new long term steam contract with the Com Energy Steam Corporation. O'Brien added...
...Clouseau's voice, for the two times he does so are occasions for wincing. But in general, the disappearance is foreshadowed well by shots of Clouseau's enemies scheming, and followed up on briskly by the commencement of Jouvet's search for the missing detective. In spite of the inspector's absence, the action moves quickly, thanks to well-chosen flashbacks...
...predominant emotional tones of the piece. The most surprising thing, however, is that Chilly Scenes is fun to watch. The absurdity of what goes on, emphasized by the ironic self-reflection and witty dialogue, works in tune with the more sobering point of the story--that life, in spite of momentary illusion, goes on much as it began: with a whimper...
...side of Spielberg's suburban diptych: vengeful spirits drive a middle-class family beyond bananas. The film delivers honest special-effects shocks without forfeiting its good nature. Under Tobe Hooper's direction Jobeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson shine as the dogged mom and the heroic-in-spite-of-himself...