Word: eras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...measure of the reformers' temporary success that the seven major film companies left in the Hollywood area do not seem inclined to move. Besides, they still believe in make-believe. Under one rehabilitation plan, rows of shops would become typical sets from western or gaslight-era films, while minibuses would offer fast, easy rides for customers, But can the good guys really...
Suddenly ending an era, Cyprus lurches into crisis...
...come to a pragmatic recognition of a new American mood on human rights." Even if one of the President's primary aims is to protect his $100 million in annual U.S. aid, he has raised general expectations that the Philippines is on the verge of a more liberal era. Says one church official: "International pressures have been building up, and Marcos has been forced...
Indeed, Desai's main achievement has been lifting the censorship imposed by Mrs. Gandhi's decrees. Unfettered, the press has egged on the new government's campaign against Mrs. Gandhi's son Sanjay and three of his emergency-era cronies -the so-called caucus of four. Facing two indictments for crimes during his mother's rule (the latest charge: destroying a satirical film about political sycophants), Sanjay is being investigated by a special judicial commission. Another panel probing "excesses" by Sanjay and others during the emergency has already received more than 40,000 complaints. Sanjay...
...central weakness of The Public Burning can be traced to Coover's attempt to illuminate extremes by making them more extreme. The Rosenbergs' trial and execution were a passionate chapter in an overheated era. Even now, 24 years after their deaths, questions about the couple's guilt or innocence quickly grow heated. Manias stalked the land in the "50s; public and private life had the quality of a Manichaean morality play. Coover knows this, presents all the evidence, and then denies his book the ability to touch hearts or minds instead of nerves. What might have been...