Word: lifeness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This is certainly one of the happiest moments in my life. It is a historic turning point of great significance for all peace-loving nations ... Today a new dawn is emerging out of the darkness of the past...
...sake of our future, the future of our children, we shall fight. We don't want to be like the red Indians, and we will not be. Even in our exodus, in the harsh and tough life of our diaspora, after we had been kicked out of our homeland, we the Palestinian people have the highest percentage of educated people in this area. So we will not be red Indians...
...took on a personal note for Britons, as garbage piled up in the streets, and schools and hospitals in many cities either shut down or operated part-time; in an action that offended the country's sense of decency and fair play, ambulance drivers went on strike, putting life itself at risk. By the end of a nasty winter, Callaghan's popularity had been severely damaged, while the new "concordat" struck between the Labor government and the unions was widely regarded as a sham. The settlements sabotaged Callaghan's principal economic policy, a 5% wage-increase ceiling...
...saying that he and his army were "prepared to fight to the last man because they were not prepared to become slaves of Tanzania." Analysts believe that the burly dictator is still in Kampala; earlier, there had been speculation that the Libyans had flown Uganda's President-for-Life to safety in Tripoli, where Amin is said to have sent members of his family some weeks ago. There were also rumors that Amin had fled to Arua, a town in northwest Uganda that had been prepared as a last redoubt...
Although Zeffirelli usually has a good eye for sets and atmosphere, even the ambience of The Champ seems bogus. The low-life Florida sporting hangouts frequented by the champ (Jon Voight) and his son (Ricky Schroder) are a tad too pretty; the extras look like a musical comedy chorus. The florid digs of the mother (Faye Dunaway) are so opulent that one expects Astaire and Rogers to appear on a staircase. Such decorative exaggeration is paralleled by Zeffirelli's treatment of his story. Each time The Champ hits a melodramatic climax, which is roughly once every five minutes...