Word: watchfulnesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...opening scene, the film never gives us any of the details behind the panorama. We watch the men float down the river without understanding any more than we knew before the film began. They are driven by greed and ambition, but we are given no hint of where that greed springs from. The characters barely interact; we see them only as figures moving in a dream. We never learn why Aguirre has brought his 15-year-old daughter on his fatal voyage, or why Dona Inez insisted on accompanying her husband. We never learn why the other...
...with much of the peasantry, and he may well emerge from detention to rally his supporters, perhaps denouncing the army for its intervention (and even for the country's growing economic troubles). On the other hand, if he senses defeat, he may stay out of the campaign and watch the opposition coalition fall apart-leaving the conservative religious parties in one group and the moderate, urban-oriented parties in another. Bhutto would then be in a strong position to rebuild his own party as a centrist coalition...
...additional 3,800-man infantry brigade in West Germany, near Bremerhaven. Meanwhile, crack U.S. units continue to patrol more than half the eastern frontier along with the West Germans who guard the entire border. Two armored cavalry regiments of the U.S. Army, about 8,400 troops in all, keep watch on the ground and aboard helicopters...
...odds against success, East Germans still keep trying to beat the fence. Last year some 573 fled over the Berlin Wall and across the frontier; in the first four months of this year, an additional 204 made it to the West. But many fail. American patrols have had to watch helplessly as escaping East Germans have been gunned down by the border guards. Under strict orders not to violate East German territory, the G.I.s cannot do anything to help unless the escapees manage to reach West German soil...
...analyze tax and spending options in all areas, from defense to welfare, and assess costs and probable impact on the economy. As a result, Congress can now set spending ceilings and sometimes even cut appropriations to stay under them. At the same time, the legislators can keep a close watch on individual spending programs. Before, Congress groped blindly, passing hundreds of appropriation bills each session without ever being able to determine their cost or how much revenue would be needed to pay for them...