Word: motions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...upset of Boston University, the team that had ousted Harvard back in the fall, that really set things in motion...
...motion something that can serve Harvard for decades," said Deputy Treasurer George W. Siguler, now on leave at the Department of Health and Human Services until March 1985. "He also didn't meddle in the day-to-day affairs...
...believe that Mondale might put spirit and excitement into his race by bringing a woman onto the ticket. At least the right woman might bring a feeling of something fresh and new to a campaign that so far has sounded like a large, heavy suitcase being tumbled, slow motion, down an interminable flight of stairs...
...rarely invoked penalty for this infraction: enforced silence for the rest of the day's debate. The judgment was so unsettling that Republican Leader Robert Michel quickly asked Lott to make a motion that exempted O'Neill from the penalty. Lott agreed, although he later defended his actions in taking O'Neill to task. "In the House you can't impugn a member's integrity," he said. "The Speaker demeaned his position by coming down on the floor and getting involved in hand-to-hand combat." No one could recall a House Speaker ever having...
This tall tale, based on Bernard Malamud's short story, utilizes many simplistic techniques--good and evil characters, sunlight and darkness, and slow motion--to heighten dramatic moments. Instead of creating painfully drippy scenes, these techniques suprisingly enhance them. Levinson succeeds in creating a visually beautiful, riveting and distinctly American fairy-tale...