Word: presention
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Also, I don't think fictional shows have the same responsibility as new shows to present the literal truth. The creator of these shows don't expect viewers to believe the show...
...type and from similar early surroundings, would naturally select the same House; and thus there would be a segregation among the Houses on the basis of origin--certainly a most unfortunate one." The House system drifted away from these ideals in the later years of the century, and the present assignment system has largely restored Lowell's vision, with many new dimensions added to each "cross-section" just as they have been added to the College as a whole. HARRY R. LEWIS...
...many respects, a quiet gift: the present called the Wye River Memorandum. Its terms are modest. It provides for the return of a parcel of sparsely inhabited land in the West Bank. It firms up the details of the implementation of accords the P.L.O. and Israel had reached in 1993. Far tougher disputes remain, including the future of Jerusalem and the return of Palestinian refugees. According to the original timetable, all these must be settled by next May--when Arafat has threatened to declare a Palestinian state. But last week's accord, fought for and won over nine tumultuous days...
...these delays caused another problem, one stemming directly from Wolfe's determination to make his novels factually accurate. "I always intended to set this book in the present," he says, "but I took so long writing it that the present kept changing...
There has been plenty said about the present political crisis afflicting Malaysia. With Mahathir publicly claiming that Anwar is guilty of sexual misconduct and abuse of power, how many Malaysian judges will dare contradict him? Mahathir and his cronies have been in power far too long and have delusions of grandeur. They feel they are beyond criticism. They cannot allow Anwar, the only credible and fairly clean leader to emerge in recent times, to come to power because the stakes are too high. But the Mahathir regime is illiterate. It is unable to read the handwriting on the wall...