Word: fashionedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, New York audiences took one new ballerina to their hearts, and they were right. Though not a technical whiz, Nina Ananiashvili, 24, has a lovely, sensuous line, strong feet and a crisp attack. She is also, ineffably, an old- fashioned girl whose spirit summons the perfumed kingdoms of ballet...
The spaciousness of Berri's style is, of course, old-fashioned, so much so that it strikes us with the force of something new. But its most important function is to link his work with two currently disused narrative traditions. One is that of the naturalistic novel, which insists on...
From France comes Jean de Florette, an enthralling film that succeeds by using old- fashioned techniques and timeless values.
As a result, says Livingstone, North "came into the NSC as an easel carrier and ended up as the world's most powerful lieutenant colonel." Witnesses before the Iran-contra committee have testified that they got a strong impression North was working more for Casey than for his nominal bosses...
After World War II, however, conflicts over warmaking authority could no longer be suppressed. The U.S. emerged as a global superpower, committed to the defense of allies against another superpower, the Soviet Union, and its clients. The chances of shooting incidents multiplied greatly. The terrible power of modern weapons increased...