Word: wonderful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...documents and planted a bugging device. After failing to discover any guilt in his associations, the agents surreptitiously entered Traube's house a second time two months later to remove the bug. These legally questionable acts evoked memories of Nixon-era plumbers and led many Germans to wonder whether the Verfassungsschutz, which is roughly equivalent to the FBI, was functioning in a high-handed style reminiscent of the Hitler era. Der Spiegel's disclosure that an expert picklock from Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's federal intelligence service had helped in the break-in enhanced the impression...
...evidence of the switch from bicamerality to conscious life, Jaynes points to the ancient classics. "There simply is no consciousness in the Iliad, except for a few later accretions," he says. "The heroes do not wonder, ponder or decide. They are pulled around by the voices of the gods. The same is true in the early books of the Bible. Abraham isn't conscious, and Amos isn't either. Consciousness comes later, with Ecclesiastes...
...based on aesthetic rather than scientific, moral or political considerations. It may be that the agent charitably wishes to spare the world more banal dialogue. Or it may be that he wishes to spare his colleagues on the train any further embarrassment. Surely he, like the viewer, must wonder why Richard Harris, as the only doctor aboard, has been encouraged to dye his hair white-blond. And why Sophia Loren, as Harris' estranged wife, is working in a gray make up that makes her look plagued even before the dis ease breaks out. Or why poor Martin Sheen, cast...
...around. Read it when, after you finish, you can reassure yourself that other people have much to offer and can be trusted, even loved. Read it when you can walk down roads and paths far from the fluorescent-lit hallways. Down those paths there is mystery, and mystery provides wonder and hope...
...seemingly aimless way in which the actors deliver their lines. Given better material to work with, it seems possible that the same crew could have come up with a decent production, but the play itself is so bad that any chance of a good production is precluded. One must wonder why anyone would want to produce this play, and why it was selected by the Harvard Dramatic Club for the Ex's spring slate...