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Even more discouraging are the public opinion polls which conclude that more than half of the people in this country now favor some form of school-sponsored prayer-regardless of the vivid dungaree of prejudice and persecution created when the majority is empowered to dictate religious practice For everyone...
...past; the townspeople attempt to "civilize" Kaspar, treating him as their pet, their lab rat, their ignorant savior. In Heart of Glass (1976), a mountaintop savant predicts the fall of a small village's glass industry; panic and madness ensue. Herzog paints his pictures in colors as vivid as dream life and instructs his actors to proceed with the elegant gravity of silent-film stars. Aguirre, Kaspar and Heart of Glass are three solitary landmark films of the past decade...
...been to bed since early Sunday, and I was discouraged and almost exhausted. Many agonizing hours without sleep had removed any bright visions of the future or vivid memories of the past. I could think only of the current challenge...
...into a sappy, unoriginal tribute to motors, rotors, lost friends and chilling war memories. "Our arms were heavy, but our bellies were tight," he croons. Between the beginning and ending sounds of a helicopter, courtesy of a synthesizer, Joel shows his desperation for relevance by trying to conjure up vivid, fresh images. After commenting on how "we played our Doors tapes" which shows that he saw Apocalypse Now before creating this song. Joel dramatically declares. "And it was dark, so dark at night." Adhering to milquetoast pop style, the song even lacks a political or emotional stand...
Although I was surrounded by people eager to help me, my most vivid impression of the presidency remains the loneliness in which the most difficult decisions had to be made. I prayed a lot?more than ever before in my life...