Word: overly
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U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom jets from Clark Air Base, 50 miles north of Manila, roared over the city yesterday, halting rebel air attacks. The rebels had raided the presidential palace, military camps and a television station earlier in the day with planes and helicopters.
Desperate for a companion, Lena calls out to an old bum (Thomas Anderson) that she spots in the distance, the only other character in the performance. She calls him over to the fire, against Boesman's wishes. Even though the old man speaks only gibberish and doesn't understand what...
In choosing to sleep next to the derelict under the open sky rather than in Boesman's makeshift shack, Lena gives up a bottle of liquor for permission to do so. Nevertheless, a drunk Boesman kicks and hits the old man as he sits slumped over and near death.
Civic Forum spokesperson Jiri Dienstbier said Wednesday night that the opposition wanted a civilian Communist in charge of the Defense Ministry and a non-Communist over-seeing police forces at the Interior Ministry.
The bill's changes come in response to strong opposition from Massachusetts Democrats over the *** of the tax increases and Keverian's methods of gaining support for the bill.