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Ivan the Terrible is the most painstakingly constructed of Eisenstein's films, and the most difficult. His first effort in color appears midway through Part II. He planned all the scenery himself and sketched each shot before he took it, plotting out every shadow and ornament. By now Eisenstein was almost a captive of the montage idea, and the plot is impossible to follow. He gave the film immense scale and ponderousness at the expense of pace; it is practically a series of paintings. The conspiring boyars stare malignantly from the shadows, Ivan stands, kneels, and writhes before fearsome religious...
...consolation game got off to a slow start, but midway through the first period Northeastern began to put on the pressure. Fitzsimmons had to make 17 saves, several of them beauties on shots from scrambles right in front of him, to keep the period scoreless...
...overcome a two goal B.U. lead to win the championship. The Eagles gained a 3-3 tie by the end of two periods, went ahead 5-3 midway through the third, and just hung on to win as the Terriers pulled their goalie in the last minute after drawing up to a 5-4 deficit...
...Midway through the demonstrations, the sexton of Memorial Church approached the speaker and informed him that they were "conducting services inside, and the Church steps are no place for a loud gathering...
Turning first to economics, De Gaulle began with a 20-minute justification of the De Gaulle policy-midway between the "excesses" of totally free enterprise and "sullen, colorless and savorless" socialism. Then he declared that the reunification of Germany, one of the cold war's most explosive issues, could be accomplished only "by Europe herself"; this brought snorts of disagreement from Washington, which considers the matter to be of wider concern...