Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Republican Congressman Jack Kemp happily says, "Capitalism is not a dirty word anymore." Actually, that is not quite right. In much of the world, the term still conjures up images of 19th century sweatshops and colonialism. In fact, socialism's elusive promise of economic equality retains a powerful appeal in many parts of the world, and its current malaise does not mean that it could not make a comeback...
...qualities to the sequel, which, seven years later, should make her a major star. For this movie stands to be something its predecessor was not, a megahit. And it deserves to be, for it is a remarkable accomplishment: a sequel that exceeds its predecessor in the reach of its appeal while giving Weaver new emotional dimensions to explore...
Ironically, the shift in tactics that was expected to increase the pull of the Eurocommunists may have been their undoing. As they tried to adopt policies that would appeal to a larger group of leftist voters, the Communists began to look like just another party that would compromise and make back-room deals. In Italy, the party's break with Moscow left voters questioning what kind of program the Communists would put into place. The French Communists' decision to join, then pull out of, a Socialist government had comrades grousing that the alliance had been a tactical mistake...
...since the new President came to office, the economy has not revived as expected, and some economists predict the country will be lucky to register a 1% growth this year. When Aquino announced her first official trip to the U.S. this September, she specifically said she was coming "to appeal to the private sector...
...combination of heart throbs Lowe and Moore, the comic onscreen presence of Jim Belushi as Danny's beerguzzling good-ole-boy buddy and some great Ferris Buelleresque Chicago locations is certainly sufficient to safeguard the film's mainstream appeal. But if the only image that remains after the film is that of Moore and Lowe doing the deed everywhere from in the shower to on the carpet in front of Danny's double headphone stereo system to in a bean bag chair, you missed Mamet's point about relationships...