Word: credited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problem with both film versions has been how to conclude. Laclos' novel ends on a highly moralistic note, a complete reversal from the amoral fun of the sexual gaming. Neither film succeeds with its conclusion, and it is to Vadim's credit that he spends little time on this part of the story...
...problem is that our parents always loved me more. That explains why Beth is so reluctant to give me credit for being a good brother. She, like most little sisters, is emotionally disturbed. Coming second all the time does something to the poor wretches...
...seen. Riis' unflinching pictures of tenement life mark a turning point between the Victorian idea that poverty was an evil to be condemned and the reformer's conviction that it was a condition to be remedied. Riis, like Mathew Brady, had a team of photographers (and like Brady, took credit for their work). Shooting in gloomy alleys and sunless rooming houses, he and his colleagues became pioneers of flash-lit photography -- a delicate undertaking in those days when the newly invented magnesium flash powder had to be poured into an open pan and then ignited with a flaming bang. "Twice...
...bill, which bans discrimination in housing, employment and credit on the basis of sexual orientation, has been defeated on Beacon Hill for the last 17 years...
Bush benefits from the small appetite for rapid change. More than 60% say things are going well in the country, and 90% say things are going well in their personal affairs. Yet the Government gets scant credit for this: 60% say they trust Washington "only some of the time." Asked to rate the Federal Government today vs. ten years ago, a majority say Washington is less concerned about people like themselves, that there is less honesty in Government and that the U.S. is less respected throughout the world...