Word: pleasingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Once he regains his sanity, the twice-dishonored Aias considers suicide, despite the pleas of his wife Tekmessa (Jenny Bader) and his sailors, who form the traditional chorus. Bader is a delight as she reveals the long-hidden pleasures of screaming in anguish, but the chorus are a mixed lot...
Susan, now 22 and a college senior, was raped almost three years ago on a first date. She met the man in a cafeteria at summer school and went to his dorm that evening to watch television news and get acquainted. After 45 minutes of chitchat about national affairs, he...
As the fighting continued, the big losers were clearly the Syrians. Damascushas 30,000 soldiers in northern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley. Initial pleas by the Damascus government for a cease-fire were ignored. At one point, Amal Leader Nabih Berri ordered his men to "stand fast. Fight until victory...
In setting up the SDI project, President Reagan signed a directive requiring that the system be "cost effective at the margin." Translation: adding new defenses must be cheaper than it would cost the Soviets to deploy missiles to counter them. Critics charge that hastily embarking on a smart- rocks system...
These tidings came amid the worst possible circumstances. Since the Philadelphia judiciary already had ten vacancies, the suspensions leave the city with nearly a quarter of its bench empty. Even before the suspensions, ( the case backlog in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas had soared from 6,000 to 9...