Word: things
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...constructing a situation and co-ordinating an action, with regard to what his audience expects or surmises from any given scene. He tugs at the nerves most sharply through sly scare-tactics: close calls, delays, false alarms, the expectation and possibility of violence as often as the brutal thing itself. He can make sudden action at once surprising and coherent, and, despite the relative poverty of his productions, the direction in each film is practically seamless. Nearly every scene appears to be the product of all the right decisions about where the camera should be and when it should move...
...same thing happened in '75 and '76, when the meet was held first at Cleveland State and then at Brown. Almost all the records fell the first year, and practically none the second, even though the latter was an Olympic year...
Since any recruit who considers himself good enough to be scoring at NCAA's also views himself as a potential Olympian, the last thing he wants to do is to attend a school whose swimmers do well during the year but not at the big meets...
...more than a tiny bit hollow. The cornerback, Jenkins, realizes the decrepitude of the crew he runs with, but he wants to run a little longer; he never comes to the realization the protagonist of North Dallas Forty did, namely, that there comes a time to put away childish things Mabry Jenkins is alienated from his work place, but nailing wide receivers is the only thing he knows. Or, it seems, cares to learn...
...plug the thing spots, we should have a very successful year," associate coach Ed Stowell said this week...