Word: weak
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kabuki-style drama that pits him against most of the Daimyo (feudal lords) in his own party. For weeks the top L.D.P. leaders have actively been involved in intense rounds of misshitsu seiji-Japan's characteristic brand of "sealed-room politics." The bosses are convinced that Miki is weak and ineffectual and may lead the party to disastrous losses in the national elections that must be held before the end of the year. There are, however, some difficult complications that have enhanced Miki's staying power. The ever growing Lockheed scandal, with its implications of bribetaking in high...
...falls flat. The psychobiographical passages seem like attempts to explain an action in the future by citing any random action that occurred in the past. Programs for the advancement of blacks are seen as functions of something his mother said to him earlier about the strong caring for the weak. His decision to "stick it out" in Vietnam is partially explained by an incident when he was disciplined and shamed by his father. The validity of this methodology must be doubted. First of all, we are being asked to trust a man who will probably go down...
...justice to Attila, he honestly did want to make the world safe for Huns . . . When I found out what a weak, pitiable man he really was, I felt it my duty. . . to stay around the White Tent and keep things from getting completely out of control. For I was the only moderating influence. . . I kept saying: 'All right. Kill the women, Attila. But why can't we spare children under four?' " You get the idea...
...fact, The Times has been hurt by New York City's weak economy and high unemployment level, which has caused a large drop in help-wanted ads. In addition, the exodus of readers to the suburbs has caused a drop in circulation...
Like Just Jaeckin, who directed the first Emmanuelle, Francois Giacobetti chose to set his film in the exotic Orient, where scenes of ethnic oddities serve as the background to this very weak plot. But where Jaeckin tried to use Bangkok to show the decadence of the French diplomatic corps, Giacobetti's Hong Kong is merely an angle through which to provide new combinations of multiracial sex. Only the photography is beautiful, with occasional panoramic views of the harbor filled with sampans relieving the tedium of those human characters...