Word: mentioned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wrote in regard to the antismoking referendum, "Enforcement will be annoying and probably impossible." A majority of San Franciscans obviously disagree. They voted for the law. Furthermore, your article states that Proposition P "narrowly passed." But you fail to mention that the tobacco industry spent $1.5 million, or $20 per vote, trying to defeat the legislation. Considering the effect of such lobbying, the bill could hardly pass with a landslide victory...
...numbers too absurd to play with a straight face, the cast eventually loosens up--only to find that the way to succeed in musicals is not really trying. Once unbraided, the cast's plentiful talent (not to mention Porter's) comes over loud and clear. With this week's rehearsals and three performances under their belt, the cast may hit its stride earlier on in this weekend's performances...
...ONLY MENTION of film in Bunuel's childhood disappoints us; he does not speak of having been influenced or inspired in any way. He begins with a description of the architecture of the theater in Saragossa and then mentions some cartoons: "I do remember a French comedian who kept falling down...." Bunuel's nonchalant portrayal of himself as a simple schoolboy is belied by the inclusion of an article written by his sister for the French magazine Positif. The article reveals that he had an artistically active childhood, directing a family puppet theater and delivering, in his early teens, bedtime...
...authorities declared that plane seizures resulting in loss of life were punishable by death. Neither that penalty nor the rigorous security checks to be found at every Soviet airport were sufficient to deter the Georgian wedding party. Alarmed Soviet officials launched a high-level investigation into the case. No mention of the event appeared in the Soviet national press...
...proud of our Big Red, but we're also a little defensive about how big it is here. We wonder how we fit into the broader world. Willa Cather spoke of the 'clammy shiver of embarrassment' she felt in the presence of Easterners merely at the mention of the name Nebraska. We all partake in this tribal ritual of football, this coming together in the community, this need for a common identity. But we are a bit self-conscious about it, and saved, I suspect, by a sense of humor. I think one of the reasons Nebraskans...