Word: acclaim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then Secretary of State Henry Kissinger won worldwide acclaim for his Middle East "shuttle diplomacy," which resulted in a series of agreements disengaging Israeli and Arab forces in the Sinai desert and the Golan Heights. Today Kissinger holds out little hope that his virtuoso performance can be duplicated by George Shultz...
Those who have seen him perform might disagree. His performance in Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage and Cries and Whispers and in Tarkovsky's Nostalgia and The Sacrifice have won Josephson universal acclaim in Europe and the United States. And those who have seen him perform in Peter Brook's production of The Cherry Orchard--his American stage debut--know that he is equally powerful on the stage...
Blades gained national acclaim in 1985 when he won a "Best Album" Grammy for his salsa LP "Escenas." His lyrics often describe political oppression in Latin American and the problems facing working people in the United States barrios...
...bond between that same young woman and the Phantom, who seeks to win her devotion by making her a star. The maiden is thus expected to choose between outward beauty and the beauty of the soul and, in protofeminist fashion, between status as a rich man's wife and acclaim as an artist in her own right. As befits a fantasy, she gets both by virtue of a brief display of compassion...
...Chicago, Marva Collins has brought order and learning -- and national acclaim -- to Westside Preparatory School with her own brand of rules. Chewing gum is out: "If they insist on chewing gum, we have them do a paper on the etymology of the word gum." Any cocky youngster who walks into Westside with a defiant swagger, or wearing gang jewelry, gets special treatment: "I put my arm on their shoulder and say, 'Darling, is your hip broken?' Or, 'You're going to have to take out that earring...