Word: actualizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chapter in Browne's continuing autobiography in vinyl, and a step beyond the nebulous genetic tradition of which turn-of-the-Seventies stars like Browne, Billy Joel, and Bruce Springsteen found themselves strange bedfellows: Satyric Rock. Streetwise and nastily loveable, satyrs Lyricize an exultation of vestigial virginity, actual and metaphoric; on flipsides, however, they generally lament anti-climactic or foiled attempts at deflorestation...
...where Dazhai is located, consistently falsified production figures between 1973 and 1977. The paper charged that nearly 300 million Ibs. of nonexistent grain, or 24% of real production, had been added to the county's claims over the five years. In one particularly bad year, county reports inflated actual yield by 60%. The exposé was an unmistakable criticism of one of the late Chairman Mao Tse-tung's most sacred projects. It was also a dig at Mao's successor, Hua Guofeng, who for years was one of the ardent promoters of Dazhai...
...shot location footage before the Screen Actors Guild strike shut down the set. (If the strike lasts much longer, the Dallas season premiere may be postponed; Lorimar has filmed pieces of a dozen episodes, but not all of any one.) For six weeks, thousands of Dallas addicts turned the actual Southfork Ranch into a Texas tourist attraction second only to the Alamo. The neighbors threatened to sue, but Southfork Owner Joe Rand Duncan, a wealthy land developer, was delighted with the publicity: he plans to sell clumps of the hallowed turf...
...along, there's been a disjunction between actual planning and what responsible officials have been saying," Leebaert said, adding, "The announcement was timed to coincide with the Republicans' emphasis on superiority...
Originally, 300,000 foreign tourists were expected. The Soviets have scaled down this estimate to 210,000, and diplomatic sources put the actual number closer to 150,000. Only 3,000 of the 18,500 Americans expected before the boycott are coming, and some of those only because they would not be able to get a full refund on their trips. The fall-off in tourism could cost the Soviets as much as $150 million in hard currency, according to one Western projection...