Word: passion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mixture of history, passion, miscalculation, national pride and personal egotism that produced a "little" war that everyone knew was senseless and avoidable also contains the ingredients for a much larger conflict. Last and first, the Falklands war was caused by the original miscalculation on the part of the Argentinian military junta that a Western democracy was too soft, too decadent to defend itself. This delusion on the part of undemocratic governments has been, and remains, the greatest danger to peace in this century. The cacophonous self-criticism of the democracies and the unwavering insistence of their people that peace must...
...oldest of the school bandmaster's three musical sons, Bowie learned early the wonders of his beloved trumpet. He also learned well. At 15 he was a union professional, although he had been earning money for gigs long before that. By 20, Bowie knew that music was his passion and his meal ticket...
...contrast to ARENA, the Christian Democrats will get few votes from the urban bourgeoisie: the party lost support there with its reforms. The name Duarte moves Salvadorans to passion. Everyone speaks of him with hatred or devotion, never with indifference. And In general, the split in opinion coincides with the division of social classes. The upper classes attack him, while the lower classes defend him. His power is concentrated in the lower middle class and among the poor, especially peasants who benefited from the establishment of cooperatives and land distribution, measures that he promises to "consolidate" if elected...
...screen, or a director turning an actress into a fantasy figure or a psychoanalyst falling in love with his patient-falling, always falling, into and out of a dream that keeps slipping beyond his reach. Then, abruptly, Madeleine dies, and Scottie finds himself still in love, in a necrophilic passion for what was or may never have been...
...film, which spans almost three decades, traces Shirley's life from a teenage drag racer to a world champion car driver Shirley (Bonnie Bedelia) grows up in Schenectady, N.Y. developing a passion for racing cars early in her life. The film opens beautifully, in black and white as Shirley climbs into the lap of her father (Hoyt Axton) and steers the family car through the windy roads of upstate New York Shirley marries her high school beau Jack (Leo Rossi) and starts racing cars to earn extra money. Soon the family is spending weekends driving to races with...