Word: acclaim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Game and Foxfire.) But it was Vivien Leigh whom Hollywood later tapped to play poor, doomed Blanche in the screen version of Streetcar. Driving Miss Daisy has belatedly righted that old wrong. It has transformed Tandy into a movie star, and she is thrilled by the acclaim, which is even sweeter because it is so unexpected. "Oh, it's wonderful!" she exclaims. "It's just wonderful! I never before had a part like Miss Daisy in a movie. I always played almost cardboard characters...
Fellow Massachusetts Democratic politician, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, won acclaim during the 1988 presidential campaign for refusing to accept donations from PACs...
...most persistent criticism of Chrysler in recent months is its lack of new products. But Chrysler executives point out that the K-car replacement models, the Dodge Spirit and Plymouth Acclaim, debuted in 1988 to generally good reviews and have sold consistently well since their introduction. Chrysler plans to roll out a new, streamlined minivan this fall and a new version of the Jeep Cherokee next year. Criticized for its reliance on Mitsubishi for sophisticated engines, which power Chrysler's hot new Plymouth Laser and Eagle Talon, the company has introduced a family of U.S.-built V-6 engines...
About two weeks ago, a previously obscure Black journal received campus acclaim for its newly-released 95-page publication. Diaspora surprised a lot of its literary peers--but shocking literary peers seems to be all the rage lately...
...even bankrolled the recovery of our defeated enemy, Germany. In 1990 we debate whether perestroika in the Soviet Union will collapse into economic chaos and archaic nationalism, without any suggestion that we ought to do something about it. Meanwhile Senator Robert Dole wins acclaim by suggesting that what little aid we give to Eastern Europe ought to come out of our mite of aid to the rest of the world...