Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the Guatemalan accord is not perfect, Honduras is fully committed to the initiative, Contreras said. "We are participating in good faith, and I see reason for cautious optimism in the negotiations already underwayin El Salvador and the announcement by PresidentOrtega of a unilateral cease-fire," he said...
...inept action sequences and could have used more fanciful detail. But there are nice lyrical touches, and the show may have hit on something. Beneath the city streets, away from the hassles and hazards of everyday urban life, lies a hidden world of refuge, romance and moral order. The perfect yuppie fantasy...
...Queen is the one that remains vividly in memory. For good reason. Tough shoot -- they don't come any tougher. Heat. Bugs. Snakes. Minimum crew, equipment. Maximum heightening of the senses deep in exotic country. Sensitive descriptions of people, landscape. Plus. Bogart a total pro -- on time, lines letter-perfect, hating his hairpiece. John Huston an elusive macho sprite -- flitting through the jungle dropping big game, occasional shrewd directorial insights (gave Hepburn Eleanor Roosevelt as role model...
...Nicaraguan border. When the order was ignored, Arias became more determined. A year later he unveiled a peace proposal that became the foundation for the accord adopted in Guatemala City. "Reagan believes that our plan has loopholes, and I accept that it might," Arias says. "No human work is perfect. But now the ball is in the court of the Central Americans...
...here he put his palms together and moved them as you would to describe the course of a river -- ". . . well, you get the idea. If you can make people see things your way, there is nothing more satisfying. Call me crazy." Sam said the train idea was just the "perfect hook. You knew the media would...