Word: upon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bresson is never quite as simple as his subjects would seem. Michel's belief that the two men who wish to "save" him are set upon trapping him and his near oblivion to the intent of the man who does put him in jail is a perfect reflection of the total situation. Attempting to damn himself by committing what he considers to be the lowest of actions, Michel ends up being trapped into salvation. Bresson thus transforms a simple story into a discussion of the power of man as opposed to that...
...proximity, Marker carefully avoids cutting which would imply an ironic intent. No attempt is made to explain the westernization of Japan, nor is the modern seen as un-Japanese. Like Koumiko and the city, tradition and modernity exist within the same framework, and any effect that the one has upon the other is not readily discernible to the outsider. The outsider can merely present an image, which is nothing more than a concrete memory...
...council is now in its summer recess and a special meeting will have to be called to act upon the rent control petition. Yesterday, there was speculation that a meeting might be called for later this week...
...statement is indeed true when applied to the first five-sixths of the book. However, there is another movement afoot. For a number of years now, a friend of mine--something of a neo-classicist himself--has been adamant in insisting that a New Romanticism is upon us. I've rarely argued the point with him, for one can hardly be unaware of the fact that we (the Now Generation, right?) are entering a new era (the Age of Aquarius, of course) where all we really need is Love. All perfectly obvious. The Four-Gated City, however, is persuasive evidence...
...would find troubles that dwarf any he encountered in Nashville. The university faces the possibility of more disruptions by radical students this fall. Its newly established student-faculty governing committee, set up to make the university administration more democratic, is still untested. Several of the professional schools have encroached upon the power of the presidency, and the university expects a crushing $11 million budget deficit next year...