Word: reflects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hoffman's theme about cooperation and AIDS is perhaps the strongest aspect of the book. The style of the novel is almost strictly dialogue, and when Hoffman attempts to include detailed description in the book, it seems artificial. But then again, the style of Hoffman's book may just reflect her view of the AIDS crisis. Simple cooperation is what she says is needed to find a cure for the virus, and excess analysis and irrelevant details are unnecessary and best forgotten...
Indeed, Dukakis' instincts on foreign policy reflect his political instincts in general. Above all, he is a straight arrow, a good-government reformer whose idealism on occasion comes perilously close to prissiness. He has always been a believer in process more than in ideology, of playing by the proper procedures. Soon after he first arrived in the Massachusetts statehouse, this outlook came crashing into reality: it took a resounding electoral defeat to turn him into a pragmatic politician. When it comes to dealing with the messy and murky challenges of the real world, he cannot count on getting such...
...trouble is that Rogers and his crew had no time to reflect on such considerations. A ship nowadays can easily be sunk by a missile delivered from a plane that no one on board ever sees. In the open ocean, a possibly hostile plane can be tracked over hundreds of miles. But Admiral William Crowe Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has likened combat in the Persian Gulf -- only about 25 miles wide at the narrowest point of the Strait of Hormuz -- to "fighting in a lake." A plane can reach a ship's missile range in minutes...
...generation takes its inspiration from the pioneering Hispanic playwrights Maria Irene Fornes (Fefu and Her Friends), Luis Valdez (Zoot Suit, I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges) and the late Miguel Pinero (Short Eyes). Four younger writers particularly stand out. They happen to reflect the major ethnic subdivisions within the Hispanic community -- Cuban exile, Chicano, Puerto Rican and Latin American emigre -- and to embrace literary styles ranging from political invective to lyrical recollection. What distinguishes them, however, is not such representative qualities but a memorable personal vision...
Gelman's strong words reflect Gorbachev's own analysis of what the General Secretary has called a pre-crisis situation that must be resolved by conference support for his policies. He has spoken repeatedly of a vaguely defined but supposedly powerful "opposition," of "antagonists" determined to "put a brake on perestroika." Addressing Soviet media officials last month, he warned, "Our antagonists are making their own plans and calculations" in the choice of delegates to the conference. "Our position is that ardent supporters of perestroika, active Communists, should be chosen as delegates . . . There must be no more quotas...