Word: improvisationism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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An impromptu air of back-and-forth confusion marked many of last week's activities -- understandably, since the democratic upheaval was the result not of any plan but of a spontaneous popular explosion that succeeded faster and more completely than anyone could have dreamed. One of the more endearing manifestations...
Life at the front is a song of dark fear, deep pride, lost mail, long waits and improvisation. The white heat of the summer is hard to remember now, when it becomes cold enough at night to leave ice rattling inside canteens. At the very front lines, the motto is...
Every day brings a test of ingenuity. The Army's combat engineers, a cerebral-sounding brigade, are the masters of improvisation. If an offensive starts, their task will be the most perilous of all: to clear the way across the flaming trenches, minefields, 40-ft. berms and killing zones the...
In America Ronald Reagan somehow made way for the New Paradigm by allowing the nation to feel for a time innocent again. All of that seems far away now. Reagan took America so far back into its Old Paradigm (a dream of America, a nostalgia for Dixon, Ill.) that it...
The 49ers don't figure to get many openings from the Giants, a hard-nosed, grind-it-out team that makes few mistakes. While the 49ers stress improvisation and finesse, the Giants play tough, physical football that builds on a rock-ribbed defense. "So we're methodical," says All-Pro...