REMEMBER the sensation of flying -- feet sticking straight out, the world rushing by in greens and blues, the surging feeling of power and excitement -- all from playing on a swing on a summer day?
Some of the behavior onscreen is so outlandish that you wonder, at times, if the entire movie isn't a put-on, but then a surge of feeling, or an idiosyncratic moment, brings you back to the common ground of devotion and to the mysteries of human character.
For me, the public transportation system of a new city is a mystery that always brings a surge of feeling of triumph once you figure it out; add to that the peephole on local life that public buses and trams and subways and cable cars can provide in places as diverse as Beirut, Oslo, St . Petersburg and Medellín and you know why I have a no-taxi policy.
What everyone remembers of that movie, however, is Colin Firth on the phone, holding back a tide of grief as he learns of a lover's death, and it must be said that nothing in the new work can top such a surge of feeling.
Inside, she is surging with feeling — passionate, complicated love for her son and husband, and also tidal anger.
The cause of Scottish independence has never been about avenging past wrongs, or a "surge in nationalist feeling" based on culture or ethnicity.
The widespread suspicion that Ahern had something to hide, and had sent in a former employee to carry the can for him, led to a surge of public feeling against him.
But any American military action on Libyan soil would risk casualties and almost certainly set off a popular backlash at a moment when support for the revolt against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi had created a surge in good feeling toward the United States that is unique in the region.
With a surge of good feelings and a gala party attended by international luminaries, East Timor celebrated its independence.
While polling has shown that majorities of Republicans and conservatives have long harbored suspicions about the news media, there has been a surge in negative feelings among Democrats and liberals.
