Word: insights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Last Wednesday night, in an exclusive interview with TIME lasting 4 1/2 hours, Castro offered some insight into the reasons behind his decision. His bristling sense of nationalism was offended by the flights, and beyond that, he felt humiliated. Even before the shoot-down, Castro said, he was incensed about a homegrown dissident group that was hoping to exploit the new openness of Cuba's economy as a way to reform its political system. Since the beginning of February, his security forces have rounded up or harassed some 150 dissidents. His anger was exacerbated by Brothers to the Rescue, which...
...England's move to a regional primary radically alters the issues involved in the primary process, from campaign strategy to regional clout. The origins of the switch offer an interesting insight into political motivations and the future of the electoral process...
...exhausted Speaker sought out Engler, who was in town. "It was striking that after this momentous day in his leadership, he wanted to bounce ideas off John more than anyone else," says Kristol. The three rendezvoused in a Hyatt hotel coffee shop. "John had the insight that you couldn't force Clinton to do things," says Kristol, but that the Congress could send him legislation that presented unpalatable choices--on welfare, for instance. "You could put him in a very difficult position: either...be the person who prevented us from reforming welfare, or sign Republican welfare reform and really split...
...real problem lies in giving the title "City of Women" to a film about men. Snaporaz as protagonist and Fellini as director inevitably give much more insight into men and the the male perception of the sex war than into gender relations themselves. The hysterical portrayal of the medallioned, chest-wigged Casanova on the verge of his carefully catalogued ten-thousandth conquest comes across much better than the rather insubstantial angry feminazis. The plot is just as dominated and enslaved by the experiences of Snaporaz as a housewife is by the male oppressor...
...clearly very fond of her characters. Phillips' love for Ruth and her dopey but sweet husband Henry comes through in the book, and gives the reader a special insight and affection for the characters. Phillips also points out that her fondness for her characters helped her return to and rework the manuscript in the years between its first draft and its publication. Even now, it is clear that Phillips takes an active interest in how people respond to her characters and interpret their actions...