Word: fates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government of State President P.W. Botha now sought to shroud the country's apartheid-torn society in a veil of secrecy and intimidation. Though the move was aimed principally at curtailing the domestic and foreign press, its overall intent was to cut off South Africa, its people and its fate from the eyes and concern of the outside world...
...early going Saturday, just about the only suspense concerned the fate of Kyle Disdain's Secret Santa, who (honest to God) passed out instructions to the 600 spectators present to stand in unison at the 18:00 mark of the first half and chant...
...autobiographer, Kirkland tends to blame others for her mistakes, dwelling on the injustices of ballet without fully exploring her own role in her fate. But as a commentator, Kirkland is at her best, exposing the many indignities faced by the dancer in an attempt to be an artist. The book is an insightful look at the vulnerability of the creative temperment, and the exploitation and pain which can result...
...might expect the same fate to befall Smile, adapted from a 1975 Michael Ritchie film that satirized beauty pageants. The narrative, centering on girls who are strangers, inevitably lacks complex relationships and love interest. Moreover, it is difficult to write a parody much funnier than the real Miss America proceedings. And it is hard to keep audiences interested in the climax -- which entrant will win -- after repeatedly telling them it shouldn't matter. Curiously, Smile works. It is a swift-paced, skillfully performed and thoroughly professional entertainment that balances amusement at the shallow ambitions of the characters with respect...
...attempt to dissuade him. According to one insider, Reagan was far more angry with Poindexter than the President would let on in public. North was "relieved of his duties," as Reagan put it, sometime Tuesday morning. Although he had tendered his resignation beforehand, he found out about his fate officially only when Reagan and Meese went on television...