Word: presentational
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to Eisenstat, Kramer--who also runs the Harvard Bookstore on Massachusetts Avenue--planned to sell the building to UNIHAB Inc., a Cambridge--based development company, once the present leases were...
Thus the rise of cult performers, the cult of "right" concerts where one enjoys being present rather than listening to music, and the rise of cult symphonies, which listeners enjoy as isolated themes and moments rather than as artistic totalities...
Marine recruits are supposed to run no farther than five miles, and jogging routes are lined with emergency telephones and water hoses. Regulations require that ambulances be present during all activities involving "heights or fights." As three platoons of recruits in San Diego waited to begin close- combat training last week, a drill instructor complained, "We can't start without an ambulance present...
After Shamir's criticism, Peres threatened that any attempt to disrupt his trip would endanger the "existence of the present government." Then, while Peres was on his way home, the Prime Minister stepped up his attacks. An international peace conference would be "national suicide," he said. "The whole idea is crazy and illogical." Again Peres warned of a government breakup. Then, more calmly, he added, "I'm not looking for the end of the government but for the beginning of peace...
Younger Magadanians seem more interested in their present and future careers than the area's sordid past. "That was a sad time, and we feel shame for it," said Galina Fedchenko, a reporter for the regional newspaper Magadanskaya Pravda. "But we don't talk about it very much. It's far in the past." She paused, and added with perhaps more confidence than justified by history, "We know it can never happen again...