Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...growing opinion, even among journalists, that reporters place far too much faith in people unwilling to back up what they say. Often, unnamed sources seek to advance some personal agenda. Sometimes they tell lies and lend extra credence to falsehood by peddling it as top-secret truth. While Adams' abrupt withdrawal, at the end of a weekend during which he had raised $130,000 for his campaign, seemed like a tacit admission of guilt, he insisted that in his case the allegations -- which range from uninvited fondling of women to drugging their drinks, undressing them and purportedly raping...
...hundred thousand other Japanese-American citizens were falsely told by Earl Warren (who was attorney general of California at the time) that these barbed-wire outlets were a military necessity, that they were not being punished but protected, that Japanese Americans would thank the government later for the abrupt curtailment of their most basic human liberties...
Director Dvora Inwood chose her actors and actresses well. Some of the best acting at Harvard commanded the cramped Leverett House Old Library Friday night, making the best of an awkward set and abrupt lighting. The actresses and actors maintained a dizzyingly-paced performance with emotional depth...
...result is something very much like a current Reebok crosstrainer commercial, the kind of thing the play seems to mock. The 27 scene changes are clocked and set into motion with finesse, a credit to the lighting and set crew. However, these changes also pose a problem. Too abrupt and vague at times, they tend to jerk the audience, confusing an otherwise entertaining plot and sleek production...
That was Diller's explanation for his abrupt announcement last week that he was leaving Fox. The funny thing is that it may be true. "I decided to leave in June of last year," he says. "Finally, I ran out of excuses." With Fox TV in its third profitable year, Diller could leave with a keen sense of accomplishment. "I was there when Fox was a minute-and-a-half from going under," says producer James Brooks, who brought the network respect with The Tracey Ullman Show and then killer clout with The Simpsons. "But Barry brought...