Word: premiere
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course continues to be the premier training ground for publishing's future leaders," he said...
...month, brutalizing Hungary's October revolution. The foggy nights, filled all fall with the sounds of ecstatic students, were now split with the jostle of machinery--10 divisions of Soviet tanks--and the uneven light of Molotov cocktails thrown through the rain. Fear blossomed in the dampness. The Premier vanished...
...same 50 records every week," says Mercury Nashville president Luke Lewis. "I call it Prozac radio." The hope never dies for a purer, "alternative" country voice, but that's hard to find on mainstream radio. "A lot of program directors come from the rock format," says Holly Gleason, a premier Nashville publicist who has midwifed the careers of stars Patty Loveless and Collin Raye, "and don't have a feeling for the country tradition. Their allegiance isn't to the roots; it's to the research...
...teams generate millions of dollars each year through lucrative television deals with their local cable companies, and they have a large fan base which helps their season ticket sales and the marketability of their paraphernalia. Thus, they can build championship-caliber ball clubs by outbidding small-market teams for premier players. All four teams in the league championship series this year ranked among baseball's top five payrolls...
...McKellan, who originated the role of Max 20 years ago in the stage premier of Bent that won him an Olivier, is luminous in a later cameo as Max's Uncle Freddie. Freddie is a "fluff" like Max, but he's one who has chosen to play it safe by repressing his desires. And, fortunately, several of the play's most powerfully written moments have translated well to film. Especially remarkable is a pivotal scene in Dachau in which Max and Horst, forbidden to touch and kept under the ever-vigilant eye of their guard, make love to each other...