Word: inner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What scares much of middle-class America is that violence and stealing are breeding almost as fast in the suburbs as in the inner city. As more and more husbands and wives hold down jobs, their unoccupied homes make tempting daytime targets for burglars. The high price of silverware and gold jewelry adds to the lure. The thieves are often the unattended sons of working couples who, say police, steal to keep up with the rising cost of marijuana. Arrests for violent crimes in the suburbs climbed...
...Jeff is a fine diver. He improved tremendously over the course of this season and now, this very week, while preparing for the NCAAs he is still coming on strong. His potential for improvement is unlimited because of his own inner motivation to become a better diver," Walker said recently...
...full of marvelously developed subsidiary characters: an old cameraman who has seen it all; Mateusz's exwife, declining into drunkenness; a veteran moviemaker, prize-laden and softly cynical. All are witnesses to history, shedding light on the way large issues affect little lives. At this time, when the inner contradictions of Polish Communism are once again spread out for the world to see, theirs is testimony that should be heard...
...just sick of what I'm doing," one teacher who has worked in Cambridge for 20 years said. "Teaching in the inner city has changed so drastically--you don't get feedback from students--that I don't feel valuable anymore...
Rubenstein, New England director of Amnesty International, sets out to write a focused expose on the subject. He does not delve into the inner machinations of the Politburo, nor does he try to second-guess past and present policy-decisions. Instead, he tries to explore the roots and meaning of Soviet dissent; to show how the abuse of human rights actually affects those who do object, rebel and petition. With candid passion, Rubenstein masterfully intertwines the three major strands of Soviet dissident life--the historical, the personal and the legal--to create a three-dimmensional portrait of life under political...