Word: fruitful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Valenzuela family struggles in the fruit fields, in rides Ritchie's brother Bob (Esai Morales) on his motorcycle fresh from a stint in jail. Bob seems determined to prove that he is an early-day version of Prince in Purple Rain. He is the bad son. Ritchie, of course, is the golden...
...world: courtesy. Customers are greeted by a courtly doorman who apologizes for the delay. The waiters startle women by holding chairs for them. In the evenings two Moldavian musicians serenade diners with folk and gypsy tunes. Fyodorov strolls among the tables greeting customers and topping up glasses of chilled fruit juice. The restaurant so far is nonalcoholic, but the partners hope to obtain permission to serve wine. The menu, chalked on a blackboard, offers hors d'oeuvres of cold tongue, crudites and home-pickled vegetables. The main courses range from 2.20 rubles ($3.30) for liver fried with cucumbers...
Conventional Forces in Europe. Although the Soviets are now hesitating, perhaps in response to Reagan's current political weakness, one test is already close to bearing fruit: Reagan's "zero-option" challenge to eliminate Soviet and American nuclear missiles from Europe. The removal of medium- and shorter-range missiles, however, would weaken the West's capacity to deter a conventional Soviet attack. Thus, the key to the Soviets' intentions, in the words of James Schlesinger, lies in how they answer the question "Are they willing to bring about an alleviation of the military threat against Western Europe...
Born in Nashville, Ill., Blackmun spent most of his boyhood in St. Paul, Minn., where his father was a fruit wholesaler, grocer and insurance salesman who had aspired to be a lawyer...
...start loud," Cissy says, "because then you have no place to go. I taught her that songs tell a story, and you don't blare out a story. Control is the basis for singing: up, down, soft, sweet. And diction was very important." You can hear the fruit of Cissy's lessons even in a dance tune like How Will I Know. In the refrain "If he loves me,/ If he loves me not," Whitney really punches that final t. No wonder: Mama was singing backup...