Word: utters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other flaw comes from ommission. Apparently, the New South as seen by Ritt really doesn't have any racial problems. Throughout the first three-quarters of the film, blacks and whites co-mingle with utter amiability. But when the plot thickens and a smattering of biolence is called forth, out pops "racial tension." Ritt uses the issue mechanically and it shows...
...this, Blake produces more fog than film. Nevertheless, there are two reasons to view Murder by Decree: Christopher Plummer and James Mason. As the detective, Plummer grows from insufferable know-all to a man of sympathy and dimension. As the good doctor, Mason shuttles cannily from pawky humor to utter bewilderment. He steals the picture, and if Holmes has any sense, he will remain blind to the theft. This delightful pair should be employed again in a more credible adventure than Murder by Decree. Conan Doyle suggests one in The Problem of Thor Bridge: "That of Isadora Persano, the well...
...record of nationalism and imperialism, the legacy of colonial empires, the rise of new nations, the prospects of international organizations. Above all, he was an example of perfect harmony between life and work, character and deeds. He was a gentleman, with a mix of reserve and sensitivity, an utter lack of pretension, a matter-of-fact modesty, a curiosity about all ranges of experience, an attention to other people's thoughts and feelings, an absence of prejudices but not of standards, that made him an inspiration and a model for his students. And he was a kind of surrogate father...
...Vice-President would first utter a few sentences, at which time the interpreter, in a high-pitched "stage" voice used specifically for audiences, would interject and translate Mondale's words into Chinese. Modale praised the President, Premier Hua Kuo-feng and Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, acclaimed the establishment of diplomatic ties and said "the touchstones of this new and historic chapter in Sino-American relations are equality and realism, in contrast to the "estrangement, misunderstanding and confrontation" which have characterized so much of America's previous dealings with the Asian power. He later added that our ideological differences cannot...
...collapse of the dollar drove home the truth that the nation is suffering from shockingly lower investment and productivity than its industrial rivals. (American output per hour worked rose a mere .3% in the twelve months ending last September, a record that one high Administration official calls "an utter disaster.") The trade deficit that looked freakishly large at $26.5 billion in 1977 grew even bigger, and this time it could not be wholly blamed on oil imports -which actually went down, while other imports surged...