Word: moment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...party General Secretary a man known as "the weather vane." Jiang is the consummate apparatchik, whose rise to nominal power rests almost wholly on his ability to read China's swirling political winds correctly. The 63-year-old former mayor of Shanghai perfectly mirrors the party line of the moment -- slower economic reform coupled with rigid political orthodoxy -- as he made clear last week in his maiden address. Jiang skipped lightly over his long-standing commitment to open-door economics in favor of defending the wave of repression that has followed the crash of the democracy movement. Said the party...
...Batman doesn't really do anything with the idea. There is no moment of revelation; Batman's external battle with the Joker does not seem to have a parallel within himself. He doesn't learn anything or gain any control over himself. He simply defeats this film's embodiment of evil. So what if Batman and the Joker are complementary psychotics? Why the Joker, and not Darth Vader or Lex Luthor? In the end, Batman is nothing more than a clever comic-book idea that just doesn't go anywhere...
...only time the slowed-down, lovesong style achieves a bearable level on this album is when LL doesn't blabber. On "Two Different Worlds," guest vocalist Cydne Monet has a soft, gentle voice that offers the listener a brief moment of relief from LL's love raps. Thank you for saving a part of this album...
...French Open was a triumph. To do it at 17 was a wonder. But Michael Chang seemed to grasp more than just the moment when he beat Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg in Paris to join the company of world-champion tennis players. Chang was wise enough to understand, "These two weeks are going to stay with me the rest of my life," but excited enough to imagine, "Maybe someday I'll be able to achieve something greater." More than a few days later, the sport is still tingling with his possibilities...
...tried during the breaks could not hold off the cramping. Wobbling, Chang decided the best tactic was to use his head to abuse Lendl's. Up 4-3 in games but down 15-30 in points, Chang quick- pitched his opponent an underhand, if not underhanded, serve. From that moment to match point, the smoke never stopped streaming from Lendl's ears. It obscured his skills...