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A prime example of a 1940s screen writer slipping one past the Hollywood censors.
was just this side of boring,for the most part,occasionally slipping over into the area of boredom.i was able to get through it.but
One thing that needed explanation was Vanessa Redgrave's British accent, at times, slipping through clear as day... maybe her character was born in England then moved to America at an early age and the two accents merged?
If you were a randy adolescent, what better way to escape the madness than by slipping into a grotty pre-Multiplex era cinema, Barrat's sherbert fountain in hand, Pearl and Dean ads in your ears and explore the wonderful new world of the permissive society?
Kennedy's girlfriends slipping in and out of the White House for rendezvous with the Chief Executive in the "Harding" closet is also passé.
I will never understand the gaps in the story line--Scott surreptitiously slipping the secret formula to a total stranger?
It's hard to fathom it, but Martin was once a pretty decent actor, yet everything at this point was slipping: his talent, his looks, his focus, his patience.
First of all I love pretty explicit and audacious lesbian vampire flick "Vampyres"(1974),but more rare and obscure "Symptoms" is even better and certainly different in tone.It's a very subtle,calm and restrained horror film with plenty of mysterious atmosphere.Helen Ramsey arrives back from Switzerland to her old-fashioned family home,accompanied by a friend Ann West.It quickly becomes clear that Helen suffers from a nervous disposition.At night both Helen and Ann hear voices in the house and Helen seems convinced that there is something in the attic,a trap door to which is in the ceiling in a corner of her room."Symptoms" is a genuinely frightening horror film about a woman slowly slipping completely into madness.The cinematography is striking,the interior sets are terrifyingly dark and the acting by Angela Pleasence is fantastic.I fell in love with this film and can't praise it enough.
And, If that weren't enough, he finds that tragic incident also beset him with a peculiar sort of obsessive stalker which eats away at his peace of mind and infects his relationship with his girlfriend, Clair (Morton), until he finds himself slipping over the brink of destruction.
School revenues slumped, and from 1974 to 1979, California fell from ninth place to 44th among the 50 US states in per capita spending on public high schools, with California’s students soon slipping down the rankings as well.
Now, the country is slipping back into near-deflation – a point that panicked headlines underscore.
Saddled with an economic contraction of 8% of GDP, higher than any other Latin American country, Mexico is also slipping in the global competitiveness index, lags behind in key social indicators, is being downgraded by investment ratings agencies, and faces the prospect of declining oil revenues, owing to a dramatic drop in production.
Not only is he young and inexperienced, but his aunt, Kim Kyong-hui, Kim Jong-il’s sister and the wife of the second-ranking figure in North Korea’s hierarchy, Chang Song-taek, may balk at power slipping through her fingers.
At that point, the government realized that its democratic opening was slipping out of its control.
Distributional issues, including pressures on the middle class and the predicament of population segments vulnerable to slipping through stretched social safety nets, need to be better understood and addressed.
And a British index, The Soft Power 30, showed America slipping from first place in 2016 to third place last year.
There is also widespread acknowledgement that the US must do more both at home and diplomatically to address global climate change; that the US must work with its European allies to prevent Afghanistan from slipping back into anarchy; and that the US must take the strongest possible stand against terrorism and those who would support it in any way.
China’s export growth is slipping, owing to faltering demand in Europe, which has surpassed the United States as China’s largest foreign market.
The commercial shows a beautiful nude woman, posing in front of her mirror, taking pleasure in slipping on sexy black panties and black stockings with garters – before covering up in a black burqa.
Before long, ISIS is expected also to lose Raqqa, its last stronghold, on which its grip is already slipping.
Moreover, the American Dream seems to be slipping out of reach, in part because a good education, which seems to be the passport to prosperity, is increasingly unaffordable for many in the middle class.
As the Beijing Olympics approach, what the Chinese seem to want most – that the Games herald China’s return as a leader among nations – appears close to slipping from their grasp.
Europe is slipping back into recession just when recovery in the United States is finally getting some traction.
If US and Chinese policymakers instead surrender to the temptation of slipping back to the pre-crisis imbalances, the roots of the next crisis will grow like bamboo.
Fortunately, he was willing to reverse his decision and cut the tightening cycle short (over the protests of many on the policy-setting Federal Open Markets Committee) – a move that prevented the US economy from slipping back into recession.
But soon they encounter their own banana peel; indeed, today’s global economy is a riot of slipping economic models.
Although Trump’s chances are slipping away by the day, the European Union should consider his candidacy a wake-up call regarding its own defense.
Only 12% of the world’s population lives in the West, and power is slipping steadily away from it.
The remittances of Italian seasonal laborers in Argentina prevented backward rural villages in southern Italy from slipping into grinding poverty.
Indications that Trichet’s communicative skills were slipping already had become evident last September, when the Governing Council could not follow through with the rate increase the ECB president had promised the previous month.
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