Word: tilts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sutton robbed banks and engineered his elaborate escapes because that is where the applause was. He was born in Brooklyn's Irishtown at the turn of the century, and there was a point in his teens when a slight tilt of circumstance might have sent him-street-wise and nervy-into one of the gaudier branches of lawyering. He went into armed robbery instead. He would appear at a bank door, wearing the uniform of a messenger or a cop, after the help had begun to arrive but before the doors opened to customers. A colleague or two would...
Carter's proposals, in some important aspects, do not differ radically from the Administration's approach in the Middle East, for Kissinger privately concedes that his shuttle diplomacy has probably achieved as much as it can. But Carter definitely seems to tilt toward the Israelis, rather than attempt to be evenhanded, as the Administration has tried to be since the 1973 war. At Elizabeth, for instance, the candidate talked of an "absolute assurance of Israel's survival and security." Even here, however, the difference between Carter and the Administration is primarily one of emphasis; for example, President...
...tram's driving mechanism breaks down, a red steel cage can be run out from the island to disembark stranded passengers. Wind speeds are constantly checked; service is stopped if gusts reach 45 m.p.h. On C-2's return trip, winds caused the tram to tilt 1° to starboard, according to the onboard inclinometer. "Not feeling seasick?" asked Engineer Ozerkis. "Or airsick?" If we had said yes, he would doubtless have passed out Tramamine...
Like ripples on a pond, the shock waves of Tagliamento quivered outward in a broad circle. In Venice, the campanile of St. Mark's trembled and the lagoon waters suddenly roiled. In Pisa, the Leaning Tower vibrated-but held its precarious tilt. On the Venice-Vienna railroad line, a train suddenly derailed as the tracks weaved out from under it. Shakes and masonry cracks were reported as far away as Frankfurt, Munich and the French town of Nancy...
...representation of Mahler's conversion from Judaism to Catholicism. The scene-like much of the movie-means to be shocking but succeeds only in being a little naughty. Mahler is overripe, hyperbolic, hysterical, without any of the wit of last year's Tommy or the full-tilt craziness of The Devils (1971). There are stunning flashes of beauty (Mahler, as a boy, seeing a white horse in a midnight forest) and true terror (the composer dreaming himself locked in a coffin en route to his own cremation). Such scenes are signs of genuine talent. The pity is that...