Word: vision
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...glaring historical inaccuracies. A liberal use of creative license gives the audience the distinct impression not only that Jane must have been on the throne for quite longer than a week and two days, but also that many decrees of substance were put into operation under her personal super vision. The sad, unromantic truth of those nine days is that they constituted a reign in name only, fraught as they were with civil strife and disorder, not to mention differences of opinion among those directly manipulating the young queen. No actions for the poor were taken, no attempt was made...
...have a prepared text, but some notes of major points I wish to make, and that I rely on free-association for examples and illustrations that come to mind, as I speak, to flesh out these points. The repeated entry of students, coming in late, coming directly into my vision--given the layout of William James 1--disrupted my thoughts, and therefore the presentation I was seeking to make...
...freshmen, I heard an alarming piece of conversation. "Are you taking Chem 20?" queried one snowball thrower of his companion. When I realized that the classwide fun and games in the Yard would soon give way to individual quests for second semester success, the veil of frost glazing my vision quickly cleared...
...hall, Thatcher declared: "It is a great day. Today means we are embarking with determination to build this link. It is not only the link itself. It means something symbolic between Britain and France." Added Mitterrand: "This is an act not only of goodwill but a grand and grandiose vision which will provide great benefits for our people. France is very happy...
...call for revolution. Bond, 51, author of such dramas as Saved (1965) and The War Plays (1985), has for two decades been described as one of Britain's most promising playwrights. Yet his work has remained too didactic, too unyielding in its politics, to allow sufficient poetry in his vision. Restoration, first performed in 1981 by London's Royal Court Theater, and The War Plays show little mellowing of that hortatory urge. But as offered by Washington's Arena Stage in what amounts to its U.S. premiere, Restoration proves an urgent, at times overpowering coup de theatre...