Word: isn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...explanation isn't that simple. The nuclear freeze--an idea associated in this country with the liberal and the left--is supported by a comfortable majority of Americans. Still, the Pershings are in Germany, nuclear power plants churn away, and the freeze is but an idea, admirable in its simplicity. To what do we owe this impotence of public opinion...
...always thought it was peculiar that Devin was surrounded by reporters and was resentful of the reporters for trying to create a controversy that isn't really there," says McDougall. "But in the long run, it's nice having an attractive girl around the boathouse...
...killer, and at times like these, it tends to keep itself to itself. It runs something like this: "Well, until the British leave Northern Ireland, and set Ireland free, there will always be violence. Just because the IRA's means are wrong, that does not mean that their grievance isn't just or noble...
...Lange's performance is as unconvincing as her appearance leads one to believe. Although the script calls for a strong woman who fights against all odds to keep her farm and family, Lange hangs back from any real confrontation. She goes through the motions but her heart just isn't in it. When she questions her son about a condom she has found in his room, for example, her voice has the soft cadences of a schoolgirl rather than the stern tone of an angry mother...
...felt more than a few closet doors opening in response, oiled in part by television. It was a new, resurgent Mondale; a new, optimistic group of Democratic leaders, Dan Rather assured us. Of course, after the New Hampshire primary, Rather said to Gary Hart something to the effect of, "Isn't it safe to say now that you will be the Democratic nominee?" No, it wasn't too safe to say that, and it may well be even less safe to say that Mondale will prevail...