Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slashing the Legal Services Corporation and scrapping the Volunteers In Service To America program, the government should have vastly expanded their budgets. Staffing such agencies is as much a public good as staffing the military, and college scholarships programs similar to ROTC should be set up where students commit themselves to community work the same way they now pledge themselves to the armed services...
...enemy. "The President has overstated the objective," contended Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton, a conservative Democrat and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "We're not going to achieve it: a solid, united Lebanon from border to border. We're not willing to commit the military assets to achieve that objective...
...night, Mother. A young woman announces her intention to commit suicide; her mom uses every dithery wile to prevent her. Marsha Norman's Pulitzer prizewinner is equally entertaining and harrowing; in the only roles, Kathy Bates and Anne Pitoniak shine with love and anger...
...Heard, in a brisk and engaging performance). "Somebody ought to-Ought to-kiss you, Laura!" Jim proclaims. As he leans in and embraces her, Laura surrenders her body and mouth to him, but not yet her wavering right arm. The hand pauses in midair, uncertain whether or how to commit, then grasps firmly at the hem of Jim's jacket-the gesture of a little girl lost, holding for what's left of her dear life on to her image of manhood, of the father who deserted her in infancy. It is an aching moment, beautifully realized...
...England, Ruddygore is a melodrama in its own right. The plot revolves around a country gentleman Robin Oakapple (Phillip Resnick) who has run away from his position as the duke of Murgatroyd because in order to be duke, he must follow a long-standing family tradition and (of course) commit a crime a day. Oakapple falls in love with the beautiful village maiden Rose Maybud (Erika Fox Zabusky) who has a particular fetish with etiquette...