Word: blendings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the communist guerrilla, then known only as Brother No. 1, took power in April 1975, he vowed to turn back the clock to "Year Zero." In the name of a bizarre blend of peasant romanticism and radical Maoism, the Khmer Rouge conducted a reign of terror intended to give birth to an agrarian utopia. At the point of their guns, they emptied Cambodia's cities, abolished money and markets, shut down schools and Buddhist monasteries and forced the entire country to wear black pajamas as a sign of "instant communism." Inspired by China's Cultural Revolution, Pol Pot carried...
James Massey of the Southland Corporation explained that immediately after the takeover, Harvard students will A-1be able to enjoy frosted "Slurpees, 7-Eleven'sproprietary blend of coffee and the popularOscar-Myer Big Bite...
...that question and move on to: the Harvard-Radcliffe Ballet Company presents dancers for dancers' sakes. No more "passion sequences" a la 70s mainstage musicals. This is the real thing: bits from all over, Bach's Toccata in Fugue, Rhapsody in Blue, Firebird, and Mainly Jazz's peculiar Starbucks blend. Both April 17 and 18, 8 p.m., at the Reiman Dance Center...
...slumber that is my Saturday morning is payment for my nocturnal brilliance. It is proof that one can seize the day; the whole day. Unfortunately, Saturday mornings blend into Saturday afternoons where the peace and relaxation of the weekend becomes overshadowed by the approaching workweek...
...Republic, however, has taken on a life of its own with the recent holding of a Constitutional Convention, half elected by the people, half appointed by the federal government. This gathering, with its unique blend of practicing politicians and people from outside the political process, attracted much more interest than was expected. Politicians, so used to wheeling and dealing, suddenly found themselves having to come to terms with elected delegates who rejected the rigid constraints or parliamentary part politics, and who had come to debate issues, not seek political advantage...