Word: relentless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Middle East's October war presents some internal problems for Saudia Arabia. No one appreciates those problems more than somber King Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud. Even as OPEC oil, of which Faisal's reserves constitute the largest share, rocks Western economies, the West's relentless thirst for petroleum is in turn forcing far-reaching modernization on Faisal's desert kingdom. Faisal has faced no greater quandary since he displaced his inept half brother Saud from the throne in 1964. At that time, hard as it may be to believe today, his country was unable...
...wildly, continuously, hoping that a few punches will land. Since comedy audiences usually have their guard down (they want to be entertained and they expect the pile-driving), Brooks generally succeeds. He keeps the pressure turned up high, and the laughs batter their way through. The attack is so relentless, it can leave the viewer bruised as well as amused...
...bill in the republic aimed specifically at the Proves' gunmen. Even in the U.S., there was renewed scrutiny of arms funding through I.R.A.-front organizations. Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Merlyn Rees, bluntly summed up the new mood when he pledged: "There will be relentless pursuit of criminals - and no amnesty...
...More than 300 illustrations, including masterly sketches and photographs, represent the body of his work. Eakins was a relentless realist in a romantic era: his boxers look apprehensive and his surgeons, in proper dark suits, have blood on their hands. Though the color reproduction of some of the pictures is not as good as it might have been, readers will be delighted again by the sculling and outdoor scenes, and the great late portraits, with their fierce investigation of character...
...ever, built around solos; more lyrical and melodic, but essentially structured in the same way. Yet the tone is utterly different--after listening to Betts for a while, even though one's usual appetite for complexity and energy is what's responding, it's impossible to endure the old relentless rock--it sounds fatiguing, heavy...