Word: brokenly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...another number, Craig L. Smith and Rosemary Fei dance a tango to Boulevard of Broken Dreams, in which Smith wears a shirt of silver ruffles. "I always dreamed of wearing silver lame, and not many 1-L's get the chance," Smith said...
...defending the bargain, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Schatzow told reporters that it was vital to U.S. security for the Government to be able to debrief John Walker and that Walker could not be forced to talk against his will. "We need to know what is broken and what must be fixed," Schatzow said. Although the bargain had been approved by Attorney General Edwin Meese and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, Navy Secretary John Lehman attacked the deal. John and Michael Walker had committed "the gravest of all possible crimes," charged Lehman. Not giving them the maximum possible sentence, he added, sends...
Despite that bravura performance, the bleak outlook for the Marcos regime remained unchanged. "It's as if the central nervous system has broken down," said a U.S. policymaker. "Orders are issued at the center, but nothing happens in the provinces." The situation did little to convince the Reagan Administration that Marcos could meet what has emerged as the principal U.S. demands: military reform, open elections and an efficient economy freed from the corrupt grasp of Marcos' cronies. The ultimate fear: an eventual Communist takeover that would result in the loss of a longtime ally and deprive the U.S. of critical...
...movie's rare believable scenes, Alice's Parisian son, left alone while Philippe is in flight, calls her at the hospital in Trouville, first because the stove is broken and then for help on his homework. Realizing she can do nothing for him, Alice breaks down into anguished, frustrated tears. This is the only sign in the film that Alice is at all torn by her two lives. But it still doesn't convey why she's allowing herself to be torn between two complete losers. The movie is completely devoid of psychology...
...They could have picked up a big stone instead of a little pebble," Erickson said. He said the last time a window was broken in the library was 1973, when a lawnmower shot a stone at a window...