Word: waster
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most of these matters cancel each other out, but there is just enough energy remaining to make Two-Minute Warning an amusing time waster. Rowlands and Janssen contrive to make something real and affecting out of their soapy roles, and the closing sequence of the movie-full of determined cops, flying bullets, panicked fans and trampled bodies - is good for a few edgy moments. Of course, the quiet after so many clocks wind down is itself impressive, not to say a relief...
...Sarto" and the second "Gioeneria." Presumably "Sartoria" (tailor's shop) and "Gioielleria" (jeweller's shop) were intended. Much more important, was the inexplicable omission--from a production which admirably omits little else--of Portia's song "Tell me where is fancy bred..." This song is not an ornamental time-waster but an essential piece of narrative; it enables Bassanio to choose the right casket (the one made of lead) by listening to the rhyme-words--"bred," "head," "nourished." Perhaps Portia couldn't sing...
...that does all this wasting? Who burns up all this energy, and how, and why? The answer jibes poorly with Nixon's explanation. By far the majority--more than 70 per cent--of America's energy is consumed by business, not individuals. And industry is the big energy waster, as it is the worst polluter. Ralph Nader, a figure consistently more believable than our president, estimates that vigorous economizing of energy by business would easily yield fuel savings large enough to enable the country to operate during the current fuel shortage just as it has in the past...
...believes in ruthless sell interest and makes no bones about it. And to you timid souls who many be troubled by the disappearance of the Bill of Rights and other key sections of the Constitution Grow up Even fascism has its good points and anyway-it's a waster of time trying to fight the big boys...