Word: reasonings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...share the staff's distress in the wake of the Littleton tragedy. And we concur that more must be done to keep weapons out of the hands of juveniles. However, the staff lets its emotion cloud its reason when it makes vague, blanket demands for stricter gun control legislation...
...Milosevic will accept political defeat for only one reason--to avoid real military defeat," Drnovsek said...
...artsy. It has subtitles. It's a period drama. It's about a barbershop sextet. What it does have, however, is authenticity. Ever mindful of the movie industry's devotion to the gritty truth, I nonetheless found The Harmonists to be a valuable film, if for no other reason than its being a sociological treasure...
...production ultimately fails for a number of reasons. Having the band onstage severely limited the choreographical possibilities of the production. Ultra-simplistic costumes (and anachronistic ones, in the case of Mrs. Walker's '90sstyle tank tops and miniskirts) are an interesting artistic possibility, but they make this Tommy look like a bad interpretation of an interpretation. (Think a "Tribute to Broadway Revue" on a Carnival Cruise ship.) In addition, there is simply no reason for the Colonial Theater to charge people $70 to watch and hear genuinely bad acting and singing...
...challenge for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. "A wave of protests on this issue would give Arafat an opportunity to rally his own supporters, who've had to accept some backing down over the promise to declare a Palestinian state on May 4," says Beyer. On the other hand, the reason for Arafat's soft-pedaling the statehood issue has been a desire to avoid stampeding Israeli voters to the right. "Clearly, Arafat wants to do whatever he can to ensure Netanyahu's defeat at the polls," says Beyer...