Word: unself
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...part of their day to God. They pray at 6 a.m. after they rise; they pray before eating, working and sleeping. To discuss the choreography of the Eucharist and the Office is to risk missing the point. However, the absorption of the actors in a transcendental purpose, and the unself conscious tone of the whole performance, only increase its artistic value...
...easy to see Adams as the American-style politician, brother under that wig to all the people now running up and down the country propelled by the curious belief that they are qualified to be President. But Adams is so human and unself-conscious in the anguish of frustration or the exhilaration of accomplishment that one often forgets to think of him as anything so grand as a leader, let alone as a founding father. That stress on the human basics is, of course, what all historical dramas should aim for and what so few of them actually achieve...
...impact. Says he: "Suddenly the entire atmosphere changed. People who hadn't smiled in years were smiling-everyone was smiling!" Ward decided to try to capture the new mood in the capital through images of the happy, informal Ford household itself. The President took to the idea. Remarkably unself-conscious about being photographed, he granted Ward the rare privilege of following his every move for two months last fall...
...unlike most of us, he was born in St. Louis." Where the author is at the mercy of incomplete material he resorts to catchy phrases at the expense of coherence, and metaphors for the sake of metaphors. (On the subject of Pound, he gushes: "His critical tone is quite unself-conscious, at times even incautiously blurty; this tone buoys him up and carries him along swimmingly--until, late in his career, he founders in the shallow rapids of his baby talk.") As the book progresses, the style improves in direct proportion to the content. There are even flickers of ingenuity...
Sanders's lineup switch to a traditional two forwards and center offense inspired both his new and old starters. Carey, who sweeps the boards and fires the fast-break outlet pass in Westerly Unself-like fashion, has clearly recovered from his early-season jitters, snagging seven rebounds in the early going against the Huskies...