Word: blows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton can scarcely afford to prove unequal to his task. Another failed one-term presidency would reinforce not only the notion that government cannot cope, but also the clawing anxiety that the country and its economy may be heading toward an inexorable decline. It would deal a further blow to the two- party system, opening the door to a stronger Perot or Perot-like candidacy...
...compromises -- that rule most people's lives, but it is more photogenic. Here is the new creed: movies are pictures of stuff happening. And the uglier the stuff, the more, well, cinematic the result. Naked aggression is sexy. I shout in your face. I spit in your face. I blow off your face. I blow up your family. I blow up the city. So many films today want to begin with invective and end in apocalypse. Everybody dies; get there first. Made it, Ma! End of the world...
...bourgeoisie tries to give the impression that classes have always existed, but if you look at world history, early communist societies blow this theory out of the water," said Gardner. "We are in favor of socialized industry and socialized ownership," she said...
...with the failing economy, Lithuanians handed their former Communist leaders a surprise victory in the first parliamentary election for the tiny Baltic nation since it won independence last year. The conquest of the newly formed Democratic Labor Party, headed by moderate ex-Communist Algirdas Brazauskas, dealt a bitter blow to the nationalist Sajudis party, which had heroically spearheaded Lithuania's break with Moscow and hastily set off on a path of economic reform. Brazauskas has promised to slow the pace of change and improve relations with Russia...
...Kantor is a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Manatt, Phelps, Phillips & Kantor, which represents Japan's NEC Corp., United Airlines and the National Cable Television Association. Democratic Party chairman Ron Brown is an "inactive" but still salaried partner in the Washington law firm of Patton, Boggs & Blow, which represents more than 100 companies, governments and other clients, including the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority...