Word: latters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...advocates of containment are led by an odd-bedfellow alliance of human-rights activists and old cold warriors. "Both [Senator Edward] Kennedy and [Senator Jesse] Helms are in a pro-Taiwan mode," says a senior U.S. official, "the former because of China's appalling human-rights record, the latter because Taiwan is the last anticommunist country in the world." Angered by what they interpret as Beijing's uncompromising, uncooperative behavior, the containment forces are convinced China is a bully that needs to be disciplined, not indulged. They urge that the U.S. get tough and stop acquiescing. Says former Secretary...
...Sense" won the Golden Globe award for best dramatic picture, and in the past 16 years, the Globes have accurately predicted 12 best picture winners, 12 best actors, and 14 best female actors. But the Golden Globes also splits its awards into two categories, Drama and Comedy/Musical--this year, the latter award went to "Babe." Still, the odds are good for "Sense and Sensibility." It's not the clear favorite, but it probably has the edge...
...have no such hidden motive, unless one wishes to argue that keeping secret from one's neighbors that one has kidnapped and raped people in the past is right on a par with the right to criticize the government and these laws are an attempt to get at the latter by restricting the former...
...latter stages of the second period and especially the third period, both teams were fatigued. That, combined with Cornell's strong defensive play, made it very tough for Harvard to come back in the third...
...abrasive, her wailing voice (which evoked Eastern devotional music) propelled by Ima's churning, mid-tempo guitar rock (Lennon's guitar work was blunt and unobtrusive). Ono's best moments came on Will I--a mournfully pretty spoken-word piece--and on Rising's anthemic title song. For the latter, she was joined by the Japanese-American hip-hop duo Cibo Matto, who added some energy and emotional focus (the pair also appear on an enhanced CD of Rising featuring remixes of Ono's songs as well as graphics that can be accessed via a CD-ROM drive...