Word: gradual
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Botha: Yeah, you're probably right. It's just all this unrest makes me want to rest all the more. Maybe Ron will invite me to the ranch. We could soak in some rays, sip tropical drinks and talk about reforming this country in a gradual way. It seems so strange to me that all these chaps are so angry...
...left few firms untouched, none seemed more battered last week than Apple, the company whose founders began by tinkering with a circuit board in a California garage and went on to live a new version of the American dream. Among the problems that now plague the manufacturer are the gradual aging of its mainstay Apple II home computer and the recent failure of its Macintosh model to make much headway in the office market...
Over the longer term, the most important result of last week's vote may unfold not in Nicaragua but in Washington: the politics of gradual consensus. A solid majority in Congress now agrees that the U.S. must pressure the Sandinista regime for change, but not by attempting to overthrow it illegally. In a debate that has dragged on as long as Ronald Reagan's presidency, reaching that agreement is no small accomplishment...
Akhnaten is the third of Glass's trilogy of operas about remarkable men. A musically luminous treatment of the rise and fall of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh some consider history's first monotheist, it unfolds in gradual waves to reveal two particularly striking moments: a ravishing trio for Akhnaten (a countertenor), his mother and his wife in the first act; and Akhnaten's glorious hymn to the sun disk in Act II. The prevailing mood, though, is dark and brooding, emphasized by Glass's use of an orchestra without violins. Rich in detail and sharp in characterization, Akhnaten...
...liners and urging greater work discipline, when they were asked to digest another, more jarring piece of news: a sweeping crackdown on a national pastime -- drinking. The decree raises the drinking age from 18 to 21, delays the daily opening of liquor stores by three hours, calls for a gradual cut in vodka production and an eventual ban on port, which the Soviets consume in huge quantities. The measure also prescribes harsh penalties for drunken driving, drinking in public, serving alcohol to minors and brewing moonshine...