Word: elementals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...according to many women from the class of '58 the one element that keeps the gathering different is money. While their Harvard counterparts have already donated more than $6.4 million in gifts and pledges to the Harvard Campaign so far this year, representatives from the corresponding Radcliffe class say they will be lucky if $60,000 is raised by the end of 1983. The extent of events during the week are obviously, the women say, tied to the figures...
...over the past four years. At the same time, the Labor Party, under the lackluster and ineffectual leadership of Michael Foot, offers a platform that is more leftist than ever before. The Social Democratic Party/Liberal Alliance, which is competing in general elections for the first time, adds a new element of uncertainty to the contest. Said Labor M.P. Tony Benn: "This is going to be the most fundamental election campaign we have ever fought in our lives...
...scenes in space were the product of highly advanced matte photography. One element of a scene, an imperial battle cruiser, for instance, would be shot. Then another element, like a rebel fighter, would be photographed and superimposed on it, as if it were another layer on a cake. Some of the shots in the final space battle had 67 such layers, one on top of the other. Says Art Director Joe Johnston: "We have to make each film better than the one previous. The public demands a special-effects extravaganza, something that will blow them away for their five dollars...
...limited geographic areas." This official argues that the growing strength of the contras provides an effective way for the U.S. to apply pressure on the Sandinista government to end its backing of rebels in El Salvador. Agrees a senior State Department official in Washington: "Now we have got an element of reciprocity that gives Nicaragua an incentive to sit down and talk. We've got some bargaining chips: you call off your dogs and we'll call off ours...
...Ronald Reagan, the occasion was a "homecoming." To others, it looked like an exploratory mission on the 1984 presidential campaign trail. Either way, the President was clearly in his political element last week, as he escaped the legislative infighting of Washington for a two-day foray into the Sunbelt...