Word: mixes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Credit that skein of successes to broad-based support, ballot-box chicanery or a mix of both. The P.R.I.'s stranglehold on the political process has already ensured that the September 1988 presidential election will be a triumph for the party. Even so, cracks are visible in the organization's monolithic foundation. Mexico's economy has been devastated by plunging oil prices, a crushing $100 billion foreign debt and a sharply devalued peso. The crisis has forced the ruling party to impose tough austerity measures that have strained party loyalty. Suddenly the political vogue in P.R.I. circles is to speak...
...just had a couple of parties. We trashed a room twice in three weeks. It's just a mix-up--it wasn't really our fault," Millitello says...
...squad, there was a wine-soaked vicar with a musty mix of religious and classical musics; and for the oldies, folkies, and general weirdos there was a dazed flowerchild called Tina who played sweetness, light, and obsolete acoustic instrumental stuff. Tina performed under a plastic oak tree, with a huge cask of cider beside her on the astroturf...
...doesn't bother to give his own plot any internal logic. The scenes don't build on one another; they seem to serve only to throw various characters together at random. The play's ending illustrates this lack of coherence and exposes the plot as an eccentric game of mix-and-match...
...CONCERT itself, which followed the workshop, featured three Harvard performers (including Fox) and then Calhoun after a short break. Although there were a surprising number of songs about car wrecks, the mix was varied, with traditional and original selections and plenty of humor...