Word: loyalism
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...advent of the dollar has brought dismay even to the party faithful. Riding in an aging Lada to the countryside to buy food, a loyal government employee gripes, "We felt betrayed. Legalizing the dollar favors people who kept ties to their families in Miami, people who were not dedicated to the revolution, people who tried to kill...
...Robert Schenkkan, the decision is in the hands of playgoers rather than the ever cautious powers that be. An unknown until The Kentucky Cycle won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 based on a production at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum, he has stubbornly held to his vision and remained loyal to the cast -- many at journeyman level -- who first gave it life. They have finally rewarded him with performances mostly worthy of their roles...
Audiences saw a vulnerable decency in Phoenix. He could play a devoted son, a loyal pal, a gentle first love -- or a lost boy. And gradually, he became lost among his peers. Johnny Depp (co-owner of the Viper Room) got stronger roles; Keanu Reeves put his satanic good looks to productive use; Robert Sean Leonard assumed the mantle of sensitive swain. Phoenix's last two films have long gone unreleased...
Republicans too have been subjected to intense and conflicting lobbying pressures. Congressman Paul Gillmor of Ohio tells of receiving two letters from loyal activists who had worked hard for his election. One warned that he would never vote or work for Gillmor again if he voted for NAFTA; the other made precisely the same threat if the Congressman voted against the agreement. Republicans, however, have an extra problem: members of Perot's United We Stand America organization have been pushing hard against NAFTA in their districts, and Perot himself has been calling on them in Washington. William Goodling, a Pennsylvania...
With military help from neighboring countries, Georgian government regulars and rebel forces have each scored important victories against the other. Using Russian-supplied T-72 tanks and personnel, troops loyal to Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze drove the rebels into their last redoubt, in the western region of the republic. But with the help of reinforcements from Abkhazia, the separatists staged a powerful counteroffensive, recapturing an important town...