Word: placid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hugo could not destroy what most people come to the Caribbean to find. It could not make the sea less bright or the sun less clear, or bestir the starfish or break the spirits of the islands' hosts. The present flurry of activity may be at odds with the placid island tempo, but it reflects that most precious tourist commodity: the desire to please...
...catalog of dead colonialism in the Sahara, Fata Morgana focuses on the adandoned debris from World War II, the mad-magical strain in both Black and German tourists digging for ethnic information. With his cache of expressionistic ploys, Herzog has turned a placid and lyrical desert landscape into a spacious gliding visual-aural metaphor...
...over listeners because they are entertainers first and crusaders second. Dressed in T shirts and sneakers, they mix humor with their anger, and fun with their activism. In one number, Waldeck strolls around the stage under an umbrella. The lyric: "I walk the shores of Lake Champlain/ in the placid acid rain." In another tune, Waldeck dreams of being reincarnated as a "big, wrecking ball" so he can "crack down on condos." But fast-food executives would not find the show especially funny. "Lay down your Whopper and your fries," one song goes. "Save a rain forest, baby, before...
...pages, the start of World War II is clearly marked. Every contingent of draftees was lined up in front of the Trailways bus that would take them to camp. Their pictures were snapped, their names and the names of their parents faithfully recorded. In the fading volumes those placid, strong young faces form a continuing gallery...
TRAVELS (PBS, debuting Oct. 2, 8 p.m. on most stations). Worn out from the Days of Rage ruckus, PBS returns to more placid pleasures. This twelve-part series will follow different travelers on unusual journeys around the globe...