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...whole town of Fort Knox is gassed to death or whether Goldfinger does finally break the bank. Will the scene be more spectacular than the gilded ladies, golden Rolls-Royces, and pernicious laser rays which preceded it? Since the answer is no, the movie ends with an anti-climatic thud (or, rather, rustle; Bond and girl assume their usual, final positions beneath a parachute...
Nevertheless, as the story unfolds the beauty becomes a bit boring, the sense of déjà vu insists, the characters swell into symbols, the symbols dissolve into words and the words fall on the ear with a soft, fruity thud. "I have waited so long." "I have searched so long." "One cannot choose in life...
...that the economy is entering the 40th month of expansion, many people are wondering whether U.S. business has repealed its own law of gravity. One of the hard facts of economic life has been that what goes up eventually comes down, sometimes with a thud. In the classic business "cycle" of ups and downs (see chart), even the post-World War II boom has been interrupted by four disturbing recessions, though they have been growing briefer and shallower. But the current recovery has shown unprecedented staying power, having survived the steel price showdown, a stock market slump, the Cuban missile...
...loss by the Princeton tennis team tomorrow would create the loudest thud...
Perhaps some of the slipups were simply first-night jitters; perhaps some inspiration will enter the show during its run. Certainly some changes are necessary. When a production with so many to so few of them, the thud is extremely loud...