Two panicky monks say that " political " questions are not allowed , and rush off to fetch a breathless official from the exiled government to reinforce the message .
There are great images in this film : of a breathless courier clattering down countless steps , of men passing in front of a blood-red sunset , of a dying horse on a battlefield .
To understand this predisposition for monogamy , he takes readers through the myriad feelings of love , from the heady , breathless exhilaration of falling , to the stubborn persistence of familial affection , to the bitterness of betrayal .
Every breathless headline gave a steroidal boost to the penny mining stocks in my account , and within a few weeks a 10 percent gain in a day was ho-hum .