Word: combatted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...uneasy -- position of having become the Establishment. Notes the Next Wave's Roger W. Oliver: "All these artists started in opposition to what was being done at the time. But as they have matured, and in order to grow as artists, they had to move toward the center." To combat middle-age spread, they have branched out. Wilson has taken up traditional opera (he will direct Strauss's Salome at La Scala in January), Glass has written movie scores (Koyaanisquatsi, Mishima), while Tharp has choreographed for the American Ballet Theater and worked with Jerome Robbins. The have-nots have become...
...less than tragic. On a personal level, it is tragic for the Steel's to have their sorrow compounded by insinuations that their daughter got what she deserved. And on the political level, it is tragic because it encourages politicians to speak of divine evils instead of working to combat serious problems such as drunk driving...
...State Department questioned the sincerity of a Soviet decision to withdraw six regiments from Afghanistan. New arms were shipped in recently, and four of the regiments were not in combat. If all of them left, there still would be more than 110,000 Soviet troops in the country, spokesman Pete Martinez said...
...binding "legislative advisory" questions. Both are considered likely to pass. Many labor and liberal organizations, as well as the governor and both Massachusetts U.S. Senators, support Question 7, which would advise the Massachusetts legislature and Congress that voters favor national health insurance. Question 8 favors a national program to combat acid rain...
Crane's greatest challenge is to combat his image as an old-time Bay State pol building his personal finances on his ability to to dispense patronage...