Word: transcendently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...great moiling confrontation is a testimony of sorts to the energy and health of our democracy. The danger, of course, is that the sum of all these special interests will ultimately transcend the national good, though at this point so many are clamoring, it appears that they all may fail...
...granting of radio and television time to Solidarity. Moreover, promised economic reforms are sure to require more belt tightening, something the rank and file seems ill-disposed to accept. Thus a dangerous potential for new clashes remained. Ultimately, the Poles and their leaders could only hope they might transcend the hazards by cleaving to a bedrock sense of nationalism that has sustained the country through almost two centuries of foreign encroachments. As a Bonn Foreign Ministry expert put it last week, "Whatever their ideological bent, Poles agree fully on one thing: they don't want the Russians...
...perhaps, has the movie: suddenly, it seems like it might transcend the predictable. It even takes on a less serious air. A group of youngsters run up to Royko and toss him something. "We found it! We found it! We found the guy's weiner!" In another scene, the wide of a recently-sucked-in C.P.A. describes his attire: "Brown nylon executive type socks--you know, the kind that go up high so if you cross your legs you can't see flesh." "And," she adds. "An aquamarine t-shirt with the bright red words, 'Need Gas? Eat some beans...
...FILM appears not to take itself seriously as a musical comedy although Harry Nilsson's songs are plentiful, appropriate and tuneful. Even in the most lightweight musical, one or two songs often transcend the limits of the plot and stand on their own merits. None of the new songs in Popeye however, are likely to outlast the film...
...cartoonist-author-screenwriter Jules Feiffer have adapted the sailor to another medium--that of the musical-comedy feature film--using real people instead of animated figures. When such heavies team up with a talent like manic Robin Williams to interpret a piece of American folklore, the result ought to transcend the original material. Instead, they produce a faithful if restrained reproduction of the cartoon version--and somewhat of a disappointment...