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The
specter
of mass starvation loomed.
There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss, and that
specter
of despair can be the engine of intimacy.
As the medieval knight Antonius Block returns from the wild goose chase of the Crusades and arrives on the rocky shore of Sweden, only to find the
specter
of death waiting for him, Mr. Teszler sat in the dark with his fellow students.
So from 2007 to 2015, Risen lived under the
specter
of going to federal prison.
The
specter
of Brexit is in all of our societies.
By raising the
specter
that the Russian government was interfering in the US presidential campaign, the Administration risked appearing to meddle in the campaign itself.
Presumably we'll ban them, but then we'll have the
specter
of teenagers in their high schools gyms routinely out-performing the Olympic athletes.
The recent death of Stephen Bach, one of the producers of HEAVEN'S GATE, has raised the
specter
of at least a partial resurrection of the reputation of the cursed film.
The ghost has long black hair that hides its face, and it moves about with its head or arms twisted this way or that, making for a very weird looking
specter.
She is confronted by the cancer-riddled
specter
of her dead father and uses the knife on him in self-defense when he comes after her.
While there his fortunes take a turn for the best until a bad luck
specter
from the past comes calling.
Antonio Margheriti's "Danza Macabra"/"Castle of Blood" is an eerie,atmospheric chiller that succeeds on all fronts.It looks absolutely beautiful in black & white and it has wonderfully creepy Gothic vibe.Alan Foster is an English journalist who pursues an interview with visiting American horror writer Edgar Allan Poe.Poe bets Foster that he can't spend one night in the abandoned mansion of Poe's friend,Thomas Blackwood.Accepting the wager,Foster is locked in the mansion and the horror begins!The film is extremely atmospheric and it scared the hell out of me.The crypt sequence is really eerie and the tension is almost unbearable.Barbara Steele looks incredibly beautiful as sinister
specter
Elisabeth Blackwood."Castle of Blood" is easily one of the best Italian horror movies made in early 60's.A masterpiece!
She also doesn't exactly resemble Holiday, who was rather plump early on, but she just so commands the screen...amazing how few films she has ultimately made, though the
specter
of Dorothy Dandridge looms large.
As a member of the "Baby Boom" generation I lived as a child with the
specter
of nuclear war hanging over me.
There is never any mention of a
"specter"
in this film.
The
specter
of a British withdrawal from the EU will not make things any easier.
Six years ago, Ivan Krastev and I wrote a paper for the European Council on Foreign Relations warning of the
specter
of a multipolar Europe, wherein the rules and institutions affecting European countries would not all be decided by the EU.
That
specter
has become a living reality.
Until they do, the
specter
of nuclear testing will continue to haunt us.
For Saudi Arabia, Iran’s escape from global isolation, losses in proxy wars in Syria and Yemen, the
specter
of an ISIS onslaught, and America’s non-committal regional policies are far higher priorities than the Palestinians.
The recent fighting in Macedonia, which left eight police officers and 14 Albanian militants dead, raises the
specter
of renewed violence.
But it didn’t take long for the
specter
of revolution to return.
While Germany is still trying to banish the
specter
of hyperinflation with strict eurozone austerity measures, the EU crisis countries are facing a real threat of deflation, with potentially disastrous consequences.
And there is the risk of state collapse, accompanied by the
specter
of border change.
Harsh immigration policies and the looming
specter
of Brexit are repelling foreign professionals.
Indeed, with Cameron’s big win, the
specter
of a British exit from the European Union has begun to recede, though it remains unvanquished.
But efforts to eliminate material viewed as extreme by some will raise the
specter
of censorship.
A second reason for investors to curb their enthusiasm is the
specter
of inflation.
This final motivation highlights the second major threat to the Peninsula’s stability: the
specter
of a failed state.
When the Greek crisis raised the
specter
of default, financial markets reacted with a vengeance, relegating all heavily indebted eurozone members to the status of a Third World country over-extended in a foreign currency.
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