There's no doubt of an extraordinary skill in conveying and evoking strong feeling – as if the young writer, who had earlier thought of standing for the Liberals in Reading, seriously intended his pen to rally a band of "rebel heads" against the renewed Tory times.
The potential to exploit the gap between sound and vision was evident from early on – think of the voice/body split that underpins the plot of that epic of the coming of the talkies, Singin' in the Rain.
He said it was too early to think of meeting the new Yugoslav president, Vojislav Kostunica, and opposed allowing Kosovo Serbs to vote in the Serbian elections of Dec. 23, arguing that they should no longer look to Belgrade.
The major choreographers whom he reveres were also early bloomers: think of Balanchine at age 21 in Monte Carlo, creating works for the Diaghilev Ballets Russes, and Robbins making "Fancy Free" for Ballet Theater when he was 26.
Valentine said it is too early to think of how Rusch slots in for a playoff series, but the way he is pitching, he might be earning a chance to start.
This country has had stunning economic growth for years, and it is far too early to think of South Korea as unable to rebound.
The next time you find yourself at a performance of early music, think of the variety of pitch at stake, and ask yourself what compensations are being made on stage to convey the work.
Interestingly, none of the early traders thought of themselves as purveyors of street food.
Microsoft, which in its early days thought of itself as a consumer-facing company, seems to be turning into the business-to-business player among the Big Five.
Yet I often wonder what those early chaplains thought of Washington's consistent use of such words as "Divine Providence" rather than "Jesus Christ" and his refusal to wear his religion on his sleeve, as Congressman/Chaplain Collins obviously does.
