Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Europeans refer to Reagan as the "Emperor President," Vernon says, to express a perception that he moves without any thought of consulting European allies. The President's decision to withdraw American troops from Lebanon without consulting the French and British military about possible ramifications for their troops' security, has helped to reinforce this view. It has been interpreted as the latest in a series of alienating foreign policy moves on the part of the Reagan Administration...
Indeed, film composers have adopted the synthesizer at a tempo approaching allegro con brio. Giorgio Moroder has given it prominence in his scores for Midnight Express, Cat People and Scarface. James Horner used it along with mandolins, balalaikas and snippets of Tchaikovsky in his brooding themes for Gorky Park, and even such veteran film scorers as Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin have found that a judicious use of the synthesizer expands their imaginations. Observes Jones: "We're not giving up anything by using the synthesizer, only adding to the possibilities with space-age colors...
...their appeal Raoul and Phyllis Bott called on every Dunster student and Senior Common Room member for contributions of show our solidarity, as well as express our gratitude to her and through her, to all members of our dining hall staff...
...Andropov's state funeral for this Tuesday, the Politburo was in effect setting a deadline for itself. Diplomatically, it would be awkward if no new party leader was on hand to receive foreign dignitaries who will file through the Kremlin's Hall of St. George after the ceremony to express their official condolences. Andropov had used that role to make his debut before the foreign community, conveying the idea that his nation could weather a change of leadership without crisis. His successor would surely want to do the same...
...arrived in Albany on a train called the Landmark Express. The reason that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made her much ballyhooed visit to the New York State capital last week was to lobby, along with dozens of others, for landmark-protection status for places of worship. Onassis, 54, has a particular interest in seeing that St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan does not permit construction of a 59-story office building on part of its landmark site. In Albany, Onassis met with legislators and Governor Mario Cuomo, 51. The high point of the trip was the plea that she made...