Word: minde
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...redemption by love, no one seems to have learned a thing: only two innocent children make their way, hand in hand, out of the carnage. A forgetful human race ensures that, in Kupfer's moral universe, history repeats itself exclusively as tragedy. No wonder the audience booed. But never mind. In a couple of years, when they are accustomed to it, they will be cheering...
...weeks, King Hussein agonized over his decision. He ordered up secret studies to assess the consequences, but still he hesitated. Finally, in mid- July, he made up his mind. Even the few remaining skeptics in his Cabinet had become convinced that action must be taken. As a courtesy, Hussein advised Washington several days in advance that an announcement would be forthcoming...
...challenging the U.S., Israel and the P.L.O. to work together toward a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict -- without relying so heavily on him. The question is what it will take to persuade the King to step back into the process, if that is what he has in mind...
...Brandon Stoddard noted last week, the autumn may not be a "total disaster" for audiences. Olympics coverage and baseball play-offs typically overshadow even full-fledged competition, so rival network executives may be just as happy not to have to expose fragile newcomers until later and viewers may not mind what looks to be a glut of reruns. The Olympics will enable NBC to showcase commercials for its roster of upcoming series. ABC has assigned that promotional role, among others, to the first 18 hours of War and Remembrance, a $105 million adaptation of Herman Wouk's World...
Instead of pushing hard for a cleanup, the Dukakis administration in 1984 requested a second waiver from the EPA. Dukakis' secretary of environmental affairs, James Hoyte, defends this action, claiming that EPA hinted that additional studies might change the agency's mind. But according to EPA Administrator Deland, this application was a stalling device. "The waiver was designed for West Coast cities that discharged sewage into thousands of feet of water, and not for East Coast cities discharging into 30 or 40 feet," he says. The EPA denied the request. "Those were the critical years when time was lost," says...