Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...third school holds that Gorbachev simply means what he says: he wants an arms deal because it would make the world safer. Says one mid-level Soviet official: "He doesn't play by the old rules. The whole strategy of arms negotiations is changing; bargaining chips don't work anymore. Gorbachev really thinks in a new way, and that is not just a slogan." Something like this view is echoed by a less biased observer: George Shultz. Talking to reporters in California about Gorbachev's latest offer, the Secretary mused, "Why are the Soviets doing this? I don't know...
...that he overwhelms his partner in success, Christie Wills, who, ironically enough, is played by former Supergirl and current Fox flame Helen Slater. When Brantley enters the business world as a mail clerk--and an inexperienced one, at that--Christie already has worked her way up to a top level executive job. Christie is a hard-working financial wizard, and Harvard graduate, whose skill impressed businessmen more than did her femininity...
Boyd's cartoon becomes even more ridiculous when the growing number of Black conservatives is considered. People like William Lucas (former candidate for Governor in Michigan) and Glenn Loury (Assistant Secretary of Education) can hardly be labeled a racist. The desire of many Blacks for a level playing field rather than free points at the end of the game is simply a different approach to the same problem of racial biases. It is no less a quest for Black rights...
Drayton described the society's fellows as having "a very high level of determination." He said they are often younger than commercial entrepreneurs but perform similar functions...
...Durang said he was inspired to write Stye of the Eye because of the effusive praise the critics ladled onto what he felt was a pretentiously obscure and hateful play. But Durang let his perhaps jealous anger get away from him, and so occasionally the satire sinks to the level of characters shouting at the audience, "See! This is a symbol! It's supposed to mean something!" The audience survives only because Durang finds a way once again to insert more mini-parodies, one of which, a version of Pygmalion as directed by Robert Wilson, finally reaches the level...