Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...biggest question about Mondale and his party was whether they could any longer make the traditional constituent parts fit together to form a political majority. If they could not, Reagan's Republicans were dreaming of a realignment election that could change the American political landscape for a generation or more...
...STORIES are pieces which fit together to form one composite and complex picture. Martone commands a style well-suited to this type of writing often manages to cross the border which separates prose and poetry, thanks to his fine eye and ear for detail and his effective use of evocative imagery. Long roads, Shiny cars, pearls and falling bombs appear and reappear-sometimes as characters in their own right. Suggestive images are the chief vehicles of expression; dialogue is absent, and even the speaking, external voice is rate. In this silent landscape, only isolated single phrases are whispered or shouted...
...roof comes down and everybody cries--It's very Harvard-y," O'Brien said, adding that "if [alumni] can fit on the stage, they get on the stage" to play or sing along...
Currently there are 16,000 Audio Environments clients, including dentists, the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet, clothing stores, Howard Johnson's restaurants and 26 airlines. For a monthly fee of $45, an establishment can choose music that varies to fit desired moods: peppy during a frantic rush-hour lunch, distracting during a dental procedure or tranquil when customers should linger, as in a boutique. The fare ranges from Bach to rock. Says Malone: "If the right music is playing, it supports fantasy, with the person buying the outfit or wanting to come back to the store." Or maybe...
Body Double required only modest trimming to fit into the movie industry's R rating. Crimes of Passion nearly underwent evisceration. This story of a demure dress designer (Kathleen Turner) who is an uninhibited hooker by night was submitted four times to the ratings board. It finally received an R only after one entire sequence (involving the prostitute, a policeman and his nightstick), several other shots and some lines of dialogue were removed. (Wanted: a new rating, between R and X, for serious nonporn sex films. How about an S?) Even now, it is one steamy, and perversely compelling...