Word: actualizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Brezhnev bureaucracy. According to this theory, the party apparatus, and hence Chernenko, had lost out when Defense Minister Ustinov tipped the balance in support of Andropov, who had been head of the KGB for 15 years and shared the military's concern for discipline and efficiency. The actual explanation may have been far simpler. Andropov's colleagues on the Politburo apparently considered him to be the more qualified of the two. But once Andropov's health began to fail, Ustinov, Tikhonov and Gromyko evidently decided to line up behind Chernenko rather than throw their support to a younger contender whom...
...throughout their stories as sources of vitality. Chilean novelist Joe Donoso has taken the art of raising questions one step further. In his third novel, A House in the Country,which has recently appeared in English translation, he brings up complex issues even outside of those involved in the actual story...
...mortality. The allegorical vignettes--in which each of the six cast members alternates characters--are well choreographed, and the carefully selected representational objects each actor sports add dimension to the scenes. Moreover, the cast's shrewd just a position of contemporary tunes and original comical skits with actual Tibetan scripture brings welcome levity to an otherwise cerebral show. Particularly worthy of note are the cast's rendition of the tune "This old Man," the mimed portrayals of earthly vices, and the climactic procreation scene...
EVEN WITH striking special effects, talent, and imagination, the show can only soar so high. Essentially, this is due to the dramatic limitations of such a ceremonial enactment. Chronic repetition of scriptural dialogue--taken from the actual Tibetan Book of the Dead--and thematic representations that the cast enacts are often difficult to adapt to stage. Although many of the scenes involve creative choreography and skilled physical action, the performance never seems to progress from the point at which it started. Consequently, we often feel as we are watching a scene for a second time...
...while perceptions of the horrors of nuclear war have shaped out long term nuclear objectives considerations about concrete probable effects of nuclear war have not entered into the formulation of strategic doctrine. This approach is a tragically misguided one for as two studies published recently indicate the actual long term consequences of nuclear war would prove far worse than have been previously imagined. If we are to develop a meaningful nuclear war doctrine, U.S. policy makers must adopt strategies which acknowledge the true capabilities of the world's nuclear arsenals...