Word: stirring
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that the listeners can refresh themselves with mugs of beer--on the house, of course. From behind the counter emerges a waitress carrying a tray of refreshments, and a striking entrance it is: tall and slender, with long black hair and deep Italian eyes, she creates an inevitable stir, an Aphrodite rising in a sea of mediocrity. The next day the engineer returns to the cafe, and, after obtaining the waitress's address, drives to her apartment. He wants to see her every day, he tells her without hesitation...
...controversy that Ophuls has managed to stir up has rattled the producers. Lieberson told the London Times two weeks ago, "We never tried to impose our philosophical ideas on the movie." In fact, the film, which is now approximately 3½ hours long, severely alters Ophuls' intention. Many of his interview questions have been cut, along with footage of his family (his wife was a member of Hitler Youth) and of Germany during the Weimar Republic and later in the painful process of denazification. Also excised was a scene of middle-aged Germans, nude in a mixed sauna, discussing...
...arrival of the orphans did stir emotion, but many question the wisdom of any wholesale removal of children from their own culture. The Bangor Daily News suggests bringing 56,000 Vietnamese orphans to the U.S.-one for every American who died there...
...celebrate with fireworks while rockets are crushing freedom in other parts of the world? What a time for us to deserve a Congress like this. We need a Patrick Henry to stir our blood, a George Washington to stiffen our backbone...
Quang Tri . . . The names stir bitter memories of battle sites drenched in blood, the blood of thousands of Vietnamese and Americans who fought so hard and suffered so much to defend or retake those contested pieces of land. Once these places were proclaimed essential to the survival of South Viet Nam and, in the view of successive U.S. Administrations, to the ultimate security of America. Now, in a stunning and unexpected move, the South Vietnamese were pulling...