Word: period
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contrast between the on-location San Francisco exteriors, where the rest of the film unfolds, and the period sets for the Victorian England scenes, captures nicely the disparate tone of the two eras: the sheltered, made-to-order past versus the open, anything-goes present. Meyer makes good use of the city, staging a riveting chase over San Francisco's split-level belvederes and sky-ways. Not that Wells spends all his time chasing Stevenson. Romance blooms in the person of Amy, an aggressive bank-executive who takes him to lunch, to the movies, and to her apartment, where Wells...
White House Years, to be published on Oct. 23 (Little, Brown; 1,521 pages; $22.50), covers Kissinger's stewardship as National Security Adviser during the period following Richard Nixon's 1968 election, ending with the signing of a Viet Nam peace treaty in January 1973. A second volume, now in preparation, will recount the years to January 1977, during most of which Kissinger was Secretary of State...
Nixon was justifiably infuriated by assertions that I had opposed the bombing. I sensed that my period in office should draw to a close. If negotiations collapsed, I would resign immediately, assuming full responsibility. If they succeeded, I would see the settlement through and then resign toward the end of 1973. But for Watergate, I would have carried out this plan...
Schwilck said in the past seven years the foundation's capital has declined from about $220 million to $70 million, mainly because of a reduction in the value of its stock holdings. In the same period the foundation's operating budget has declined from $12 million to $4 million, he added...
Coddington said the University will delay shipments of waste, adding that it will make other arrangements if the site remains closed for a longer period...