Word: lifted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ackley said that the club's campaign is non-partisan, explaining that even students who opposed the U.S. presence in the Middle East were glad to write an encouraging note or wear a piece of yellow ribbon to lift the hopes of Americans in the Gulf...
...debate over when to open the city is rapidly becoming an issue in the rivalry between Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, the hard-charging populist leader of the Russian Federation. During a visit here last month, Yeltsin vowed that if the Soviet government did not lift restrictions permanently and soon, the Russian parliament would do so on its own. As a result, this is now Yeltsin country...
...Saint-Saens. When people start tiring, he is reluctant to lose momentum, but when he offers a choice of beverages or minuets in mock airline- ese, the choice is soft drinks. The ensemble work looks odd at first because Morris rarely distinguishes between men and women. Boy may lift girl, or another boy. The dancers love...
...most conservative groups in Soviet society, the armed forces would seem to be an obvious target for Gorbachev's reforming zeal. But with so much pressure building inside the military for change, sheer momentum may bring about the kind of changes Gorbachev wants, without the President's having to lift a finger...
...erotic heat as she lures Sabich into adultery; Paul Winfield's sardonic knowingness as he presides over Sabich's trial; Brian Dennehy's deadly impassivity as he betrays a friend to protect his career. Each anatomizes a subspecies of the political animal with finely observed accuracy. Each gives a lift to the movie, but not enough to overcome its drag and get it airborne...