Word: climaxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...villagers through hymn-inflected island chants and primal dances. And then, just before Governor Peter Coleman, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega and various other dignitaries get ready to join in the final swaying dance, a village chorus sits on the ground, chants its age-old traditions and dramatically, for its climax, flashes -- what else? -- an American flag...
COVER: The abortion battle approaches a climax, and the nation embarks on a collision course with itself...
Ackermann says she also tried to avoid the chches of political memoirs. "I wanted to write the kind of book that I would like to read," she says. "I used a lot of dialogue and worked up to a climax because you have to be kind to your reader...
...climax of "Who the Mayor?" is the series of protests that grew up in response to the 1972 death of 16-year-old Larry Largey, who activists claimed was beaten to death by police...
Major League doesn't try too hard or aim too high, but it is pretty funny. With its stock characters, breezy dialogue, dense ambience and instinct for easy emotions, it could serve as the pilot for a pay-cable sitcom. The film's tone is acerb, but its climax is as predictably uplifting as Rocky's and as surefire effective as Damn Yankees...