Word: interlocutor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Installed in the Bastille. "In the future," pledges Faure, the ministry "will serve as an interlocutor between the universities and the government-but never again as a dictator." As proof of his intentions, he brought in as his top adviser one of the ministry's chief antagonists: Gerald Antoine, rector of Orleans-Tours University. Says Antoine: "A good way to take over the Bastille is to be installed within...
This is not a silent film, but most crises are followed by melodramatic reaction shots. Count the seconds whenever an interlocutor throws hands in air. One of Hamlet's reactions, after he's thrown down his mother in her chamber, lasts even after a cut. When Hamlet asks Ophelia, "Shall I lie in your lap?" we cut to a bevy of damsels cowering in unison like chorines...
...Juliet, and De Gaulle, who was seated beside Klavdia Kosygin (Mme. de Gaulle's hostess throughout the week), loved every minute of it, especially the dueling scenes. He was also happy the next day, when the political talks took a more favorable turn. This time the main interlocutor was Economist Kosygin, who apologized for Soviet failure to deliver on 1964's Franco-Russian trade agreements. Said Kosygin: "You are too expensive." Still, he offered to speed up the retarded orders, and his underlings announced only a few hours later that the French firm Chausson had received a large...
...unrewarding, Etain O'Malley finds substance in the shadows of the Wilde and Williams parodies. In the latter she reveals a new facet of her talents. The abuse she skillfully suffers at the hands of her husband would qualify her for a position as an apache dancer. As the interlocutor between scenes, Mark Bramhall takes impish delight in the reading of the well-written stage directions...
Vodka & Mr. Dulles. It used to be said that when New Delhi wanted to talk to Washington, the call went first to Ottawa. As an interlocutor, Pearson attained a rare influence for Canada; Senator John F. Kennedy wrote that the Canadian Foreign Service for its size was "probably unequaled by any other nation." A colleague describes Pearson's talents as a negotiator: "He sits down with a person from another country without ingrained hostility or prejudice or superiority. He has a sense of humor that helps...