Word: takings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ford has sent their replies to President Pusey's office. It is not known what action Pusey will now take. He could either ask the Joint Faculty Corporation Committee to review the cases or else he could present them directly to the Corporation...
...constantly thwarted by Congressmen who saw the fledgling academy as a waste of money and a potential instrument of federal power, and so tried to have it abolished. Political favoritism in Washington forced reinstatement of dismissed cadets. Lack of funds became so crucial that cadets were obliged to take the place of horses in dragging cannon...
...strong, gamey spirit among the staff; they know the frustrations of their work and they know how to laugh when the problems threaten to undermine their belief in what they can do. And if you can convince them that you are willing to work hard, they will take a chance on you and your ideas of how to improve things...
...Take another look at the examples and I think you will find that they destroy many accepted postulates of filmmaking. The writer-reality problem, for example, effectively eliminates narrative point of view, that cherished mainstay of the narrative form. The confused character-actor names go a good way towards breaking down the wilful suspension of disbelief which every audience is supposed to have. The game itself serves to destroy the scared concept of the inviolate frame. At one point, Piccoli looks at the television screen, sees his companion running towards a window, rushes off-screen to save him and immediately...
...TAKE Mile Deneuve's pregnancy. At one point she is about three months pregnant. Three cuts later she is six months pregnant, and not many cuts after that she is ready to give birth. Before you decide this is a skillful condensation of time through montage, let me assure you it is abundantly clear that no more than one day has elapsed between the first and last shot described. So much for montage and continuity...