Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hatred, Havel said, "is a diabolical attribute of the fallen angel: it is a state of the spirit that aspires to be God, that may even think it is God, and is tormented by indications that it is not and cannot be." The typical hater: "a serious face, a quickness to take offense, strong language, shouting, the inability to step outside himself and see his own foolishness...
...Israel, for example, are down 50% from the same period last year. British sun seekers who traditionally flock to beaches in Cyprus or Turkey have also begun shopping around for other roosts. French-owned Club Mediterranee reports that future bookings for villages in Turkey, Egypt and Israel have fallen significantly. So concerned is the Israeli government that the Tourism Ministry recently injected an additional $235,000 into a $940,000 British advertising campaign...
...burden has fallen on the police to solve a social problem and I don't have the where-withall or resources to deal with it," says Paolillo, whose office in the city police department sits just outside the square proper. "It's not getting any better in the last three or four years--it's gotten a heck of a lot worse...
Between first acknowledgment of mortality and this final acceptance of it, we see death attempting to lure a mountaineer lost in a blizzard; we share the guilt of an army officer -- the only member of his unit to survive the war - -- as he confronts the ghosts of his fallen comrades; we literally enter Van Gogh's paintings and find the artist (played by director Martin Scorsese) indifferent to death, obsessed with capturing nature's true spirit. In one of Kurosawa's most magically told tales, a child is forced to confront his hidden feelings about his family's carelessness...
...craft that had sadly fallen into neglect. But spurred by hits like The Simpsons and The Little Mermaid, animation on both the big and small screen is booming once again...