Word: watchings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years ago. The story, while distilling all the essential facts, leaned heavily on the color of straw hats flying, placards pumping and delegations drowning out one another in a near unanimous renomination of Calvin Coolidge. Then, few Americans ever got a chance to witness a convention; today, millions watch the spectacle on TV. As a result, though colorful detail is still an important element in good reporting, it is only the beginning of the reporter's search for what really happened. That search may mean bringing greater knowledge and understanding to a scene that the camera merely records...
...work progressed and costs spiraled, visitors drove daily from Fontainebleau to watch the construction. The young King became both irritated and suspicious. Where did Fouquet get all that money? He appointed his chief aide, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to delve into the Finance Minister's books...
...from an impoverished Caribbean stepchild of the U.S. to a commonwealth of increasingly robust economic health. Then, in 1965, Muñoz's hand-picked successor, Roberto Sánchez Vilella, took over. Muñoz, who went into semiretirement as a senator, continued to maintain a jealous watch over the aging party that he had founded. Increasingly irked by his successor's independent ways, he and a coalition of P.D.P. leaders last week denied Sáchez nomination to a second gubernatorial term and all but drummed him out of the party...
...Rohe, 82, soon will show in Washington's pristine, block-long central library. For Oakland, Calif., New Haven-based Kevin Roche has designed a three-tier museum, with the roof of each tier serving as a broad, verdant terrace. Philadelphia's innovative Louis Kahn, whom all architects watch with what amounts to fascination, has such projects under way as a factory for Olivetti and an art museum in Fort Worth. Across the U.S., there is a wide range of powerfully self-confident and optimistic buildings...
...early scenes as places where Chabrol didn't cheat. When Jacqueline the secretary types up the letter of transfor turning Paul's name over to Christine, she is shown in screen-left fore-ground in focus, with Paul and Christine out of focus in the background. Our eyes watch Paul and Christine because we think that they are more important; when we realize later that Jacqueline's seeing the deed provided the motivation for the final killing, we also remember that Chabrol did show her reactions in close-up--that our watching screen-right instead was not a product...