Word: element
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...turf team and they're a grass team," Springfield Coach Dottie Zenaty said. "[Today's game] is on grass, and that's their element. It's a disadvantage for us. We've had difficulty on grass...
...race. By largely ignoring the concerns of Blacks and other minorities and appealing to a white middle class, the New Mainstreamers hope to distance themselves from the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. The failure of the Civil Rights Act of 1990 is the first casualty of this "forward looking" element of the party. Few Democrats pushed strongly for the bill's passage; many allowed it to be falsely characterized as a quota bill...
These are minor quibbles. Giering has done her job: she elicits the best acting, singing, and dancing from her performers. No single element dominates the other. But the true testament to her directorial skill is the fun everyone seems to be having. Onstage fun cannot be faked and cannot be replaced. The actors obviously have a good time performing and as a result, the audience has a better time watching them. Probably the only thing harder than disliking A...My Name Is Alice is acquiring tickets for this weekend's performance...
...that Andrei Sakharov had died. "That changed everything completely," he says. "I used to play the final movement with a lighthearted though sarcastic mood. After the news, it felt as though I had not performed the concerto in 10 years. It was completely fresh and had more of an element of tragedy...
...some couples taping can become part of an ongoing power struggle. "Sometimes an element of coercion is involved," notes Eaker-Weil. "It's nothing overt, more subtle. Usually the man instigates the filming, and the woman goes along. But she isn't comfortable." Laurie was badgered into making several sex tapes by her husband Tim, a retired policeman. He intimated he would have an affair if she did not agree. Then Tim insisted on filming a foursome with another couple whom he and Laurie had met in a bar. Angry and upset, Laurie now wants to destroy all the tapes...