Word: vein
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same ironic vein, Sayles first has Pilar's mother call the Border Patrol upon seeing two "wetbacks" (illegal immigrants across the Rio) and then reveals through a flashback her own frightening nightwade across the river. And Sam is constantly hearing what may or may not be cryptic don't-go-there messages in the stories of those he interviews. (Never know what you might find once you get to "poking around...
Among the pleasures of Millhauser's fourth novel, which continues in the author's previous vein of treating American history with dreamlike obsession, are descriptions of Manhattan as it began to transform its landscape into a 20th century skyline: an eruption of "modern flowers with veins of steel, bursting out of bedrock." It does not take a Viennese mind doctor to find eroticism in such charged imagery. Building cities is a procreative business, and Dressler is an evocative example of a breed driven to reproduce itself in concrete. A decision to marry a withdrawn woman of no discernible personality...
...these responses supposed to encourage efforts at dialogue? Although I will continue my efforts, I have witnessed the effects on many whites of responses and commentary in this vein; these whites turn away from efforts at inter-ethnic dialogue, and sometimes turn toward dialogue with racists of various degrees...
...relative, there wasn't much to do in suburban Larchmont, New York. "I saw Shampoo, Chinatown and Taxi Driver about five times," he recalls. After studying literature and government at Amherst, he toiled at various jobs while making short films. The director admits he mines material from a vein pretty close to home, and Flirting is based in part on his adopted sister's search for her biological parents. But when asked why his films treat parents with such disrespect, to put it sweetly, Russell balks at personal revelation. His own folks? "They're colorful...
...dark and gothic atmosphere pervades Boys for Pele. Surreal, almost disturbing at times, Amos continues in the vein of her previous albums. For example, "Marianne" is about a suicide, while "Little Amsterdam" depicts an interracial romance intertwined with murder...