Word: parts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said that overseas editions of the People's Daily--which activists have called "China's Pravda"--have warned students of retribution for taking part in the march and have been effective at deterring them...
Restoring a lower tax rate for capital gains would reverse a major part of the 1986 tax overhaul, generally recognized as the biggest domestic achievement of the Reagan administration. That law cut tax rates across the board, but ended special treatment for capital gains and reduced or ended such deductions as state sales taxes and Individual Retirement Accounts...
...Part of the problem with the movie lies in the fact that Lloyd's portrayal of Samantha as a dizzy, under-educated Southerner fails to lend her character either sympathy or depth. Part of the problem lies with the screenwriters Frank Pierson and Cynthia Cidre, whose dialogue is often inept and who are unable to find the coherence behind the episodic novel by Bobbie Ann Mason upon which In Country is based...
...result of a bad screenplay and a poor acting job on the part of Lloyd is a movie which lacks pacing, coherence and emotional depth for its first hour. But as In Country shifts its focus more toward the relationship between Samantha and Emmett, the movie gains a lot of the truth and pathos which was missing from the start...
...momentary lapse on the part of the defense," senior Co-Captain Erin O'Brien said. "We thought we had committed a foul but the referees held their whistles. We figured it would be a penalty corner, and we let up for a second...