Word: trapped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with the exception of a wonderful section where we see (on film) two plebeians reading a newspaper transcript of Coriolanus's "I banish you!" speech, Babe carefully avoids the trap of showing masses influenced by media. The film clips, evenly spaced throughout, never interrupt the action. The technique works best in the scene between Aufidius and his Lieutenant. Babe plays only half the scene on stage, the second half on the film soundtrack: the stage blacks-out and we watch Coriolanus of film, still listening to Aufidius talk about him. Alfred Guzetti's camerawork on these clips is, in context...
...years before A.D. 3991 and for as long as 2,000 years afterward, the scientists estimate, the field will be so weak that it will not trap high-velocity electrons and protons streaming toward the earth from the sun. Instead of being confined by the magnetic lines of force to the Van Allen radiation belt, many of these particles will penetrate the atmosphere and strike the surface of the earth-causing an increase in mutation rates at best, eradicating entire species of animals and plants at worst...
...miscalculation was enormous. Romney was heading not merely for defeat in New Hampshire but for annihilation. His staff was making thousands of phone calls and sending out thousands of letters to assemble audiences of 200. The "home headquarters" approach that seemed so folksy at first turned into a trap for the candidate, consuming his time and energy with little return. Starting out far behind Nixon in the early polls, Romney relied heavily on handshaking and crowd pleasing to recoup. Said his state campaign manager, William Johnson: "We flapped our wings and stood on our heads. Nothing helped...
...story by Noel Coward, but Director Guy Green obviously hoped to create a younger Singapore version of Summertime, in which Katharine Hepburn found unhappiness in the arms of Rossano Brazzi. To that end, the action is clotted with well-photographed local color-teeming bazaars, sinful side streets, tourist-trap luxury. Unfortunately, though, no amount of lively scenery can make up for the scenario, and on-camera at least, the nubile Miss Mills is not much more plausible as a sex symbol than her unfortunate aunt...
Nonetheless, there are analysts who fear that Westmoreland may be falling into a trap set by North Viet Nam Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap, hero of Dienbienphu and strategist of the current offensive. Indeed, there are some chilling parallels between Giap's winter-spring offensive in 1954 and the current Red strategy. While the Communists built up their strength at Dienbienphu to 40,000 men-the estimated force now around Khe Sanh-they simultaneously launched assaults against the French throughout Indo-China. The Tet offensive was a similar widespread assault by the Communists which may have been aimed...