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...somehow most of the hostages managed to keep their heads. A mother traveling with her daughter pushed her child to the floor as soon as she saw the hooded silhouettes of the French commandos. "In spite of the gunshots," she says, "we were reassured by the orders they were shouting to us, the impression that the situation was in hand. We crawled to a rear door, jumped into the void and landed on a chute." Another passenger, traveling with his family, saw a mobile ramp full of gendarmes pass his window and knew an attack was imminent. "I told...
...spite of this turnover, Sudholz described the overall dynamics of the restaurant business as fairly stable. When most restaurants close they turn into other restaurants, she said...
...spite of this, cooperation between the groups seems to be growing. Hillel and BSA are planning a joint social action project, next semester, Loeffler says...
...played up, and the girls became infamous as lesbian killers. Jackson certainly doesn't tone down the sexual angle in his film version. As shocking as the relationship may have seemed in 1954 New Zealand, it could seem hackneyed in this post-Kinsey day and age. However, in spite of modern omniscience and in spite (or because) of the overwrought treatment it receives in the film, the relationship convinces. Pauline writes in her diary that now she understands "the joy of this thing called sin," and after the bathtub scenes and experiences in "The Fourth World," you may find yourself...
...technical facility in either the Sibelius or the Bruch, for she is arguably the finest technician of her generation, but she remains inexplicably aloof from both of them. The Sibelius is a tepid performance at best-tempi cluster around a comfortable median, and the soul is left wanting, in spite of flawless execution. There is absolutely no magic from her first entrance in the Sibelius, and her tone simpers more than it captivates. During the most dramatic moments of the piece, one wonders whether she is capable of producing anything outside of the dynamic rangepiano to mezzo-forte-I often...