Word: gifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...money than the Chinese, but the game of oneupmanship, which the Chinese probably invented, may have already been won by Peking. In Luang Prabang, the capital of figurehead King Savang Vatthana, the Chinese have promised to build a new National Assembly building that will overshadow Moscow's projected gift, a giant statue of the King...
...case on humanitarian grounds: Wife Yoko Ono's pregnancy. Last week, on the eve of Lennon's 35th birthday, his ordeal finally ended; a court of appeals barred immigration officials from deporting the ex-Beatle. Said the jubilant Lennon: "It's a great birthday gift from America for me, Yoko and the baby." Two days later, Yoko, 42, gave birth to Sean Ono Lennon...
...Russell actually believe such nonsense? Probably not, but it is a good excuse for hurling self-consciously shocking images upon the screen. These, in turn, are obviously designed to distract us from the fact that the film is intellectually bankrupt, unconcerned with historical characters or events. Russell's gift for imagery is undeniable; his outrages grab our attention even as common sense whispers that they are false, strained, childish in the worst sense. But the sensations have only a short-term effect; the mind cannot be conned. One leaves the theater feeling manipulated, ill-used, ripped...
...Fagone denied that his men had anything to do with the project. And his judgement that Harvard is responsible for this gift horse gone lame will send the matter to the courts for resolution...
...came from the radical city of Manchester, where, as a child, she had demonstrated against slavery. But she and her daughters were exactly the kind of high-minded, humorless people who under other circumstances would have been pillars of empire. The movement transformed them: Emmeline (Sian Phillips) revealed a gift for fiery oratory and martyrdom; Christabel (Patricia Quinn) became a genius of strategy; Sylvia (Angela Down) provided the movement's heart and integrity...