Word: relentless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Navratilova reached the free world from Czechoslovakia -- a new capitalist in a candy store -- Evert was already the established ice maiden of tennis and the national standard of physical femininity. She set the parameters for acceptable female athleticism in the U.S., relentless but reserved, dedicated but demure. She drew the chalk line for everything in tennis and life that was ladylike, such as baselining and marrying. Navratilova stepped over the line. No, she leaped over...
Television news was at the center of the two-week drama, and its conduct remains the focus of debate. At issue (among other offenses): the relentless scrutiny of the hostages' families. In question: the medium's ability to place newsworthiness above audience pull...
...relentless, poignant footage of families awaiting word from Beirut the least important aspect of television coverage but the most damaging. The episodes of joy and pain strike a sensitive chord with the American public sustaining the story's emotions pitch--and the terrorists' influence...
Cohen was relentless in his research. He traveled to Darwin's library in Kent, England to examine the copy of Das Kapital that Karl Marx presented to the naturalist. Revolutions in Science is the culmination of a lifetime of serious, inspired scholarship--and the results show...
...Wilson's typically elliptical spoken texts and allusive stage pictures of railroad trains and spaceships. There were no formal arias or indeed any set pieces at all; a small chorus sang "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight" and solfege syllables (do, re, mi) over hypnotic, relentless music. Sellout audiences loved it. The work toured Europe and then came to the Met in November...