Word: destroying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even high caliber films from Saving Private Ryan to Platoon embody an overwhelming sense of the uncanny human ability to destroy. Thus, when the gods of film restoration rediscover a masterpiece like Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion, the film's social commentary and reflections on humanity appear dated and escape unnoticed if one is not careful...
...Grand Illusion might have been a profoundly anti-war movie, but it is impossible to destroy the postmodern baggage of cynicism that a viewer inevitably brings to the movie. Thus, the movie operates under an illusion that we can appreciate the hold freedom has on the spirit...
...left with big, liberal-friendly policy initiatives in an era of incremental shuffling. He wants to spend $65 billion on health care for all, $10 billion on combating child poverty, and extend full civil rights to gays. "Gore's presenting him as a dangerous liberal whose policies will destroy the village in order to save it," says Tumulty. "But if he's too aggressive tonight, he risks alienating many undecided liberals." Despite the ideological posturing, both candidates are cut from the same New Democrat cloth, and issues of style will play a major role. But being a battle...
...coordination tends to decrease as the game unfolds. But most beer games don't require physical activities. "I Never", the drinking version of a gossip column, creates a forum for sexual discovery; "Circle of Death" has too many rules for serious drinkers, but this card game is guaranteed to destroy inhibitions; "Beiruit" is a simple game of chucking ping-pong balls into your opponent's cups organized in a triangle; last but not least, "Quarters" is a real game of skill-bounce coins off the table into the cup and drink away...
Once the DOE had confirmed the error, its officials immediately told colleges to refuse delivery of the erroneous forms. Schools that had already accepted deliveries were told to destroy the forms or have them picked...