Word: provenances
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After a string of B-grade movies with roles as mediocre heroes, Kevin Costner has once again proven his reputation as as a first-rate performer. He portrays a likeable convict, one who deals with people with ease, handles every tight situation as if it were routine, and is charming through this very nonchalance and self-assuredness...
...musical comedy--ahhh, we know thee well. From Broadway to the high school auditoriums across this fair nation, musical comedies occupy a cherished place in the arts. We remember rousing chorus numbers and witty repartee. We remember warmed hearts and corny love scenes. Ambitious, yes. Alas, it's proven too ambitious for the Harvard stage, or at least this Harvard stage...
...road! Pretend you're on the road!" during Friday's game with Brown. But hold the phone, guys. With away wins at Boston University and Maine (numbers two and four, respectively, in the country), and a big out-of-conference win over Bowling Green, the Engineers have proven that they can skate with any team in the country. Still, how can they calm down...
Geared as it is toward economic concerns, American foreign policy has proven impotent when faced with noncommercial issues. In the current global atmosphere, invoking American military might on a large scale would be like drawing a gun in a boardroom; Clinton is understandably reluctant to do so. Instead, he champions dollar diplomacy, hoping to buy off uncooperative governments in a way that might even help American workers...
...nothing but give ground; the best bribe it can offer, of course, is that of diplomatic recognition and free trade. But here, just as with China, the opposition holds all the cards. If North Korea fails to give in to economic pressure, the U.S. has proven that it will do little but threaten and dawdle--as in Bosnia, where sanctions have done little to stop the slaughter...