Word: summonings
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...shot again and again -Harris could not recall how many times-before she fled into the night to summon help...
...disposition of the late Shah's wealth-if it can be found -that should be solvable. But Iran's high-handed demand that the U.S. deposit $24 billion in Algeria raised anew the question of whether the often irrational and always faction-torn Tehran government can summon the political will to free the captives. After so many disappointments, few Americans will believe that it can until all the hostages are actually on a plane that has cleared Iranian airspace...
Larson's inability to summon any emotion for Bundy's victimes is especially outrageous. The bodies just pile up. The first is no more tragic than the 20th because Larson gives no thought to the women--he just cranks out a banal notation of these girls' eye color, hair length, and extra-curricular activities. The reader can only conclude that Larson really didn't care that much. Women slain in Seattle blur with women bludgeoned, stripped, and abandoned in Salt Lake City, Aspen, and Tallahassee. As the stock descriptions accumulate we get only a sense of the growth...
...strength of Brigadoon lies in its songs and dances. Lerner and Loewe struck a rich melodic vein, and this full-throated cast mines every golden nugget. Agnes de Mille's dances summon up atavistic ceremonies that might have been carved in bas-relief on the walls of ancient temples. Two standouts: Sword Dance, done with steely balletic precision by John Curry of ice-skating fame, and the Funeral Dance, performed with melancholy fury by Marina Eglevsky to a dirge of bagpipes. The guiding intelligence behind every moment of every scene belongs to Vivian Matalon, who makes of the director...
Because the sinsemilla plants need a lot of sunshine, most large plots can be spotted from the air by experienced agents, who summon raiding parties armed with search warrants, flak jackets and chain saws. They cut down and truck the stalks to incinerators. The cultivators who are caught usually get off with probation, though the maximum penalty is a $5,000 fine and ten years in prison...