Word: elementalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other element of animation that illustrates for the uninitiated is the use of cycles. Cycles create the rhythm of a movie: when the same action happens several times in a row, that's a cycle; when there is no action but the lines stay "alive"--they vibrate slightly and move in their own subtle rhythm--that's a cycle, too. Even a figure standing still dies without a cycle. The illusion is not complete. in Pencil Bookings numbers sometimes appear in the lower right hand corner of the drawings. Watch them if you can, and you will see them repeat...
...TRUE enjoyment of Black Macho requires one crucial element, and it is this phenomenon which angers the author most: in the hurly-burly of the 60's, when redefinition and reevaluation was one's only purpose, when the black bourgeoisie became honorary Ashantis, when every man was a prince and every woman Nefertiti, it finally dawned on someone that the black woman was at the root of black people's problems. And that usurping her was the key to solving them...
...Roosevelt certainly played an invaluable coordinating role (and the Shah rewarded him for it by taking him on a skiing holiday, all expenses paid, every year since the coup). The CIA provided money to buy the loyalty of the crowd and beyond this furnished the most important element of all for those loyal to the Shah--confidence that the United States supported them. But without a change in the direction of the political tide the CIA was powerless...
...line's scoring punch is the final element in a carefully considered formula for success. When the N.H.L. mushroomed from six to 18 teams a decade ago, most new franchises tried to trade for instant respectability, lavishing huge contracts on fading veterans. But Islander General Manager William Torrey concluded that the future lay in the future: "You can't build a championship club out of someone else's rejects." So the Islanders searched the amateur ranks for talented youngsters and set them to playing cautious, defense-minded hockey until they matured. Says Torrey: "We had to play...
Control is precisely the element Harvard has missed all season. The team can't play a zone defense, and they've accepted the role as a perimeter offensive team. But their shooters haven't done the job from outside, and miserable freethrow shooting has proved costly...