Word: enact
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...State University of New York at Buffalo. The first act, about the world she came from, is diffuse, as much panorama as autobiography. The second is more tightly personal, yet it too derives from the oldest notion of the theater -- as pure storytelling. Three stunningly gifted women describe and enact the many characters. Sybil Walker excels in sly and sassy moments, Jacqueline Williams in raucous and unaffected ones, and Cheryl Lynn Bruce radiates quiet strength. They share roles, including that of the author, with a fluidity that makes an extremely theatrical event seem natural and engagingly offhand...
DESPITE CHARGES of authoritarianism, Gorbachev's record in office entitles him to ask for the necessary authority to enact a reform program that eventually should employ the creation of a market economy in the Soviet Union and the establishment of a new federation based on consent rather than coercion. If he should be faulted, it would be on one point: his boundless confidence and ambition to harness his country's potential has led him to ignore an essential aspect of politics--that human beings do not always react the way one believes they will when designing programs for them...
...even before it attained a majority on the council the CCA was able to enact substantial reforms, and even now votes on important issues are often split 6 to 3 or 7 to 2 instead of 5 to 4. So, observes 20-year Cambridge resident and activist Bill Cavellini, the loss of a CCA seat to an independent contender like Vellucci or School Committee heavyweight Jane F. Sullivan would not be the death knell for city liberals...
...role of the president expands, so too will that of local governments, Alexander said. Governors and mayors will increasingly enact the domestic plan the president will set, and they will assume many of Congress's tasks...
Heinicke ran on a platform of pragmatism--"someone who will enact creative leadership"--emphasizing the importance of enforcing the council's attendance policies in a fair and understanding manner...