Word: following
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...listening to some of those early sonatas and I noticed that he was about 26 when he composed them, so that was part of my motivation in doing this," said Arnowitt, who is presently 26 years old. "I thought it would be interesting for another reason: Somebody could follow me as I get older and watch my artistic, as well as technical, progress...
...Soviets retreat, America is sure to follow (that is, if the U.S. has not, in a mood of euphoric anticipation, left first). As the smoke and fog of the cold war dissipate, so does the postwar division of Europe. With the receding of the two empires, many long dead questions return -- the Hapsburg, the Balkan, even the Danzig question. But none are so formidable as the one the wartime Allies thought they had buried in Berlin in 1945, the German question...
Clancy's first two books, The Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising, were both cold war thrillers that told grand stories (grand enough that they were both # 1 bestsellers for many months) but had little to offer in terms of theme or message. His two follow-ups, Patriot Games and Cardinal of the Kremlin, struggled to escape the cold war mentality and succeeded only thanks to Clancy's knack for describing gadgets...
...door was always open to him. I always carefully considered and generally acted promptly on his recommendations. Most of the time I followed his advice completely. Sometimes I partially followed it. Occasionally I did not follow...
Some American officials were still questioning whether Barco will follow through with new deportations in the face of both popular opposition and the terror campaign by the narcotraficantes. "As the cartel continues putting bombs here and there and appeals to nationalism," said one State Department official in Washington, "Colombians are going to start asking, 'Why are we getting blown up just to satisfy the gringos...