Word: bonding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Salvadorian rebels whose November 12 appearance here was cancelled while they went to trial as illegal aliens are free on bond and will speak tonight at 8 p.m. in Science Center...
...seems to be that, at a time of cutbacks in federal spending, many Americans want their local governments run efficiently, and never mind how, so long as the price does not come out of their hides. There were exceptions: in New York State, voters narrowly approved a $500 million bond issue for prison construction, and in New Jersey they supported $350 million in bonds to improve the state's water supply. But generally the electorate shied from proposals that would have added to their tax burden. They frequently turned back measures that would have handed more power to politicians...
...tough assignment. A psychological evaluation of Macias-Rosales indicated that she would be a good parent, but other consultants recommended that the Johnses keep Cindy because a strong bond had formed between them. Some also noted another barrier to life in Mexico: Cindy speaks no Spanish. After a year, Klein concluded that the child should be reared by the Johnses, mainly because of educational opportunities in this country. Klein's critics accused him of cultural bias and insisted that U.S. courts had no business ruling on the fate of a child who was in this country illegally. Some complained...
...father-daughter bond can still show strain, and did on the movie...
HIGH BUDGET FILMS often substitute extravagant endings for meaningful ones, distracting, rather than satisfying us. Some, like the Bond films, require extravagant endings to satisfy the suspense. Thomas has picked a genre which requires not extravagance, but skill. Yet she supplies neither. This ghost story can not succeed without an effective ending, one in which the ghost and its victim confront each other squarely. In The Haunting of M, the ghost is never vanquished, merely disappointed by Marianna. Thomas ending seems muted in its Victorian delicacy. Marion, wrapped in such timeless wrath, should be less amenable to the coquettish defenses...