Word: mainstream
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...gold standard (tying the value of the dollar directly to the price of gold, a move that, they contend, would lower interest rates and help bring down deficits); an end to the independence of the Federal Reserve; and an ironclad pledge against tax hikes. Meanwhile, the so-called Mainstream Republican Committee, a band of moderate-to-liberal House members led by Iowa's Jim Leach, has been tugging in the opposite direction: they are pro-choice on abortion and flexible on the question of tax increases...
...mathematical realities thus forced Peres and Shamir to focus their attention on three parties: Weizman's three-seat Yahad; the National Religious Party, a mainstream Orthodox group whose four members devoutly believe that the West Bank belongs to Israel; and the Sephardic Torah Guardians, a rigidly Orthodox organization that won four seats...
...theatrical career, comes out with a bonanza sympathetic publicity, most of it kindled by stories on television and in print where the accompanying samples of the Penthouse pictures- suitably edited- look no racier than 1950s calendar art. Censorship, in a sense, has helped her. She comes across in the mainstream media as a woman dignified in adversity and just a little dangerous in private. Hollywood has gambled a lot on much less...
...always been eclectic in my tastes," says the Arizona-born singer. Last week she would have done any 40s prom proud at the World's Fair in New Orleans as she kicked off a nationwide concert tour that will feature a full orchestra conducted by mainstream Maestro Nelson Riddle, 63. Ronstadt's fondness for retro chic is getting to be longstanding. In 1980 she reached back to Gilbert & Sullivan when she did The Pirates of Penzance, first on stage, later in a movie version. Then in 1983 she made What's New, a hit album...
...Mainstream Hollywood fare is dominated by the Sack chains, which show almost the same movies at their Boston theaters and giant suburban complexes. Nothing special, but they're where you have to go if you want to see the summer's latest escape piece...