Word: overshadowed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This struggle is worth all of the tough, vigorous, passionate sentences that the author throws into the battle. Unfortunately, Jessie comes to overshadow her husband, who would make a fine dramatic contrast to her if he were allowed to spend some time onstage. But Brown sends him packing off for days at a time on vague errands, while Jessie stays at home and copes. When Carll does involve himself in a misbegotten civil rights march, the action takes place beyond the reader's view. When he spends a few hours in the new house that he holds in such...
...harsh economic measures overshadow Mitterrand's other accomplishments. The French ad mire his muscular foreign policy as much as Washington does. In the deluge of reform legislation passed during his first year, Mitterrand abolished the death penalty and raised the minimum wage. In his assault on France's centralized rule, his government has chipped away Paris' stranglehold on the rest of the country...
...celebrated North Carolina race--which some say will overshadow the Presidential race in rhetoric if not reality--pits the scourge of right wing conservatism, Sen. Jesse Helms, against Democratic Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. Polls taken late last year put the popular Hunt-progressive in Southern terms--ahead of Helms by as much as 20 points, though more recent polls show that Helms has closed...
Technical difficulties, however, do not overshadow Farrell's directing and editing ability. Farrell makes the most of his unique setting, aristocratically captivating nature scenes into the than storyline. Because of its entertaining musical score, McCafferty in the lead, and Farrell's ingenuity Richard II successfully represents actualization of a person's dream once given the opportunity to fulfill...
...program for higher education, especially in light of even more drastic proposed cutbacks in the area for the budget for fiscal year 1985. But while it is unclear just how important education in general will ultimately be in the campaign, issues involving elementary and secondary schools will most likely overshadow the higher education issues...