Word: unrealism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...court order that gives the school boards until Dec. 1 to submit new desegregation plans-but sets no deadline for implementation. "Disestablishment of a dual school system is often a somewhat complicated process," said Leonard. Although the process was supposed to begin in 1954, he insisted: "it is simply unreal to talk about instantaneous integration...
Their troubles seem unreal alongside the slapstick that went before. Instead of a jolting contrast between violence and comedy, as in Bonnie and Clyde, we have an annoying contrast between soap opera and farce. Violence may be akin to farce, but too much violence is confusing. The glorification of the outlaw's life, only partly tongue-in-check, also weakens the humor. The film subtly encourages the puerile anti-hero-worship it meant to spoof...
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...Newspapers thrive upon exaggeration, upon the unreal. The unusual sells newspapers, and often, if there is nothing unusual to report a newspaper will either deliberately or unconsciously invent a story. Boston newspapers had invented the circumstances that will affect Champi for the rest of his life and indirectly, they created them before he had even suited up for the Yale game...
...Concorde because of rising costs, but was prevented from doing so by Charles de Gaulle's insistence that Britain live up to its contract. France's new President Georges Pompidou may be more amenable to the idea. As for the Soviet entry, it is largely an unreal threat; no Western airline could risk relying on Russia for spare parts...