Word: daggers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...king's daughter, Imogen, played by Lyn Wright, has a similarly meager repertoire of gestures. Furthermore, her flat delivery and stilted English accent can only irritate. When Imogen urges her servant, Pisanio, to "plunge thy dagger into the mansion of my love, my heart," the viewer is sorely tempted...
...timing of the announcement was odd, considering that Mikhail Gorbachev is in the midst of numerous crises, including growing separatism in Lithuania and untamed ethnic violence in Azerbaijan. But cloak-and-dagger experts in the West believe Moscow may have publicized the spy's downfall to warn foreign espionage agencies not to take advantage of the tumultuous times in the Soviet Union. "The Top Hat revelation," said a senior British intelligence officer, "would appear to be a very sophisticated maneuver...