Word: leitmotiv
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...With the Nixon trip as the leitmotiv, MacMillan, a University of Toronto historian, deftly weaves together biographies of all the principals (including their wives), contemporary geopolitics (China and the Soviet Union were at odds over their interpretations of communism), and a perceptive understanding of Chinese sensibilities. She explains, for example, the importance of that Nixon-Zhou handshake and a later one between Nixon and Mao that appears on the book's cover: the Chinese feared a replay of their humiliating snub at the 1954 Geneva conference on Indochina and Korea, when U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles spurned Zhou...
...decentralized action with centralized coordination.” In other words, he advocated having individuals, organizations, and local governments manage the recovery effort of their own communities while the state and national governments restore core systems like road and communication repairs.The need for local effort was a leitmotiv of the teach-in. A discussion titled “Public Health Priorities in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina” will take place this Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Kresge Building at HSPH...
...saunters diffidently down the runway in a shrunken black pantsuit or a flirty 1940s floral print dress. Yet the ingénue carries one accessory still redolent of the Ford era: the handbags. There were top-handled purses in crocodile with bamboo toggles, a leitmotiv of the house, and tiny clutches with gold logos. And even a fashion ingénue - whether the new Gucci girl or the designer that dispatched her down the runways - knows that handbags are money-spinners. Giannini herself has already proved that at Gucci, where accessories sales were up 33-34% for the first half...
...Ewing got. And now Sprewell, who is leading his bottom-seeded team in an unprecedented run toward the NBA finals, symbolizes the entire league. After a shortened season filled with the sloppiest play since the ABA, the Knicks are thriving on the wildness that has been this season's leitmotiv...
...gambling, decor counts: you may be feeding quarters into a slot machine and scarfing the $3.99 all-you-can-eat buffets--but, hey, you're in ancient Rome! MAX BAER JR., who played Jethro Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies, thinks Reno gamblers will enjoy the rags-to-riches leitmotiv of a $120 million Hillbillies-theme casino and hotel. His plans include Granny's Shotgun Wedding Chapel, Jethro's All You Ken Et Buffet and a giant oil derrick. City officials object to the idea...