Word: passione
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Newspaper ads for the movie hone in on the romance angle in this supposed tale of intrigue. "Is it a crime of passion, or an act of treason?" the ads ask. These words sit, innocently enough, next to a big close-up of Young, who appears poised to bite a reclining Costner's neck. That's the passion part...
Making golf clubs was a radical departure for Duclos, who spent 15 years as a McDonnell Douglas engineer, working on the Saturn rocket and Skylab programs. Golf was his passion, and he became convinced that "clubs really weren't designed to take full advantage of the principles of physics." In 1975 Duclos took a leave from his job and began to experiment with club improvements in his home workshop. He first invented a putter with a slot and a white line in the center that helped golfers position their eyes directly above the ball. To finance the manufacture of this...
...later became known as Shi'ites, Hussein's tragic attempt to establish the Prophet's true succession was the supreme sacrifice for the faith. Martyrdom thus offers Shi'ites a chance to imitate their sainted hero. In Iran, which is more than 90% Shi'ite, passion plays depicting Hussein's last hours are performed regularly. Each year, on the date of Hussein's death, thousands of penitents march through Iranian streets whipping themselves with chains and branches, seeking purification through suffering...
...ocean levels, have changed coastlines dramatically. "Sandy beaches are dynamic. They are meant to erode," says Richard Delaney, chairman of the Coastal States Organization, a group that advocates better coastal management in 30 states (including those that border the Great Lakes) and five territories. The problem, however, is Americans' passion for living and vacationing at the seashore. That has led to a boom in the development of U.S. coastal areas since World War II. "When you ; put a permanent structure onto a piece of land that is by nature mobile," says Delaney, "you have a very serious problem...
...resolve of the National Civic Crusade, an assortment of 107 business, civic and student organizations that are pushing for Noriega's removal. Even the example made of Diaz Herrera, who faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of sedition, has failed to subdue the Crusade's passion. Three days after Diaz Herrera's arrest, members of the opposition attended Carrera's funeral dressed in white, their symbolic color of protest, and passed out mimeographed statements...