Word: enjoyable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fast Forward takes itself too seriously. Instead of acknowledging the plot as an excuse for the dancing, the film concentrates with annoying fervor on the values of hard work, group loyalty and persistence. Ironically, the most successful parts of the movie are those that relax and let the actors enjoy themselves that abandon this pseudo serious exploration of the challenges of the artistic life. Most amusing and most charming is a scene in which the six women go to a bar to drown their sorrows. No longer are they super whiz performing stars, but silly kids with the usual gripes...
...Things went well," said Riopelle. "I felt comfortable with it. I enjoy the responsibility that comes with being a sever...
...annual report of the President's Council of Economic Advisers challenged such conventional wisdom. Said the report: "Thirty years ago the elderly were a relatively disadvantaged group in the population. That is no longer the case." Most elderly people today live in paid-for homes, with enough money to enjoy their leisure years...
...Quad, the University is making lurching progress. Three years from now, after all the dust has settled. Cabot House residents will enjoy much bigger and prettier rooms. Once a donor is found to rebuild North House, it may be brought up to parity with its River counterparts. Those are great first steps. Still, the less concrete issues of how the preferential lottery works against Harvard's diversity, and how undergraduates feel about House life today, have yet to be addressed...
...member of the nomenklatura hierarchy. This is a list of the most important posts in the party, government administration and other institutions. These positions are filled by direct party appointment or with party approval. Nomenklatura is a caste system that applies only to the elite class. Its many levels enjoy varying degrees of privilege according to rank. For Politburo members there is no limit or restriction on privileges. Below this level the grading structure begins. The Central Committee defines the place of anyone eligible for inclusion in the various categories: high party apparatchiki, Cabinet ministers, diplomats or individuals with unusual...