Word: climaxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...months. condo conversion had been the burning issue at city council. It may have been the deciding factor in denying city liberals a fifth seat on the council in last month's elections. And the battle finally reached a climax last Monday night, when the council voted not to allow tenants in the two buildings to purchase their homes as condominiums...
...ultimately, the awkward script undermines Purlie's message. Oddly placed one-liners mar serious moments; incongruous scenes paint Purlie a fool or a liar after his most moving and far-reaching sermons. The grand climax exemplifies this confusion. Purlie, finally ensconced in his church, passionately orates the beauties of being Black...before his first integrated audience. The delivery is emotional, the sentiment compelling, except when one tries to reconcile it with Charlie Cotchipee's presence and with the wierd shenanigans that made Purlie's dream come true...
...voice sing the old classics; what you get is an overproduced record by a fat man in a white jumpsuit who had stopped believing in anything but throwing wilting leis and sweaty hand-kerchiefs to 37-year-olds. The King belts out every line as if it were the climax of the song and the ultimate tribute to the Most High...
...lose, it was the climax of a long struggle for Haig. Since last summer the Secretary has been promoting a European presence on the 2,500-man Multinational Force and Observers (M.F.O.) provided for in the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. The U.S. had agreed to provide about half of the troops, but Haig wanted to broaden the international support for the Camp David peace process. Others who have agreed to take part: Fiji, Colombia and Uruguay...
...take her to Tennessee; one man offered to; she married him; they spent many days travelling there; they lived there for many years until he died; then she found out he'd deceived her and driven her only seven miles from her original home. In the harrowing climax she stumbles around the stage muttering "Griswold, why did you do this...