Word: stare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...waves at the camera to clear the way. Plaster clouds and torn clothes everywhere, the neighborhood blown out of its shoes. All in the same viewfinder: rescuers scramble in the chaos, a mother screams as if in Guernica, the stunned survivors move off with a slow, blank stare. The dead lie abruptly motionless wherever the latest outrage has deposited them...
...pivotal role of Ellie, who must switch from virginal intensity to mandarin self-possession in the flick of an entr'acte, Amy Irving is a revelation. Best known as a movie actress (Carrie, Yentl), she commands the stage with her dusky voice and searing stare. Fifty years ago, she could have been Shaw's next heroine; now she can be Broadway...
...embrace everything Feldstein backs. His support for massive social budget cuts in the face of defense funding increases, especially his insistence that Social Security should be slashed, are in line with Reagan's program. But we admire his willingness to do his job of impartial economic forecasts, stare down petty intimidation and stick to the truth despite the party line. The University can be proud that its professor of economics has at least given some Veritas to an Administration otherwise lacking...
...scene, the Meyrands are posing for baby Bernard's baptismal picture when Helene herself gets confused about her identity. Near the photograph session, a group of schoolchildren is playing. Suddenly, a teacher calls out "Helene" to one of them and Helene-Patricia automatically swirls around. Pierre casts a cryptic stare...
...first one I saw was standing outside Elsie's, his triangular nose thrust firmly in the air. The orange face returned my stare with a hollow, fiery gaze His mouth stayed half-open, and I had trouble telling where face ended and teeth began...