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Word: relentlessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...150th anniversary of Carroll's birth and the 50th anniversary of Actress Eva Le Gallienne's original stage presentation. Inspired by the illustrations of Sir John Tenniel, Alice is again being produced by Le Gallienne, 83, who makes a flying appearance as the White Queen. After the relentless rehearsals, Burton, 25, observes, "my head is so full. It's been so hard that my head is sort of mush." Very Alice-like indeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 13, 1982 | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

...poisoned arrows, kill dozens of animals at a time. The elephants' tusks are cut off and the huge corpses left to rot. During 1976 alone, writes Künkel, the ivory from 23,360 Kenyan elephants was sold to dealers in Hong Kong. The photographer, however, is as relentless as the poachers, discovering the beasts in surprisingly graceful and poignant stances. Künkel's work also manages to reveal why elephants have such a hold on our imaginations. It is not only their size but the strange feeling that one is seeing two creatures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Luxurious Museums Without Walls | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

ROTHMAN AND LICHTER gamely confront the historiographical school which catalogues the New Left as merely the peak of some relentless sine curve on a cycle of generational conflict or reformist sentiment. The authors emphasize the restraints on radicalism in America, invoking historian Louis Hartz's conception of a culture which assumes liberalism as a civic religion from the outset. Struggling against the strong currents of moderation, the New Left formulated a coherent criticism of the very premises of the nation's liberal tradition; it thus attracted a massive following of skeptics where earlier 20th century movements on the Left never...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Roots of Rage | 12/3/1982 | See Source »

Argentina's military President, Retired General Reynaldo Bignone, appointed in the wake of the Falklands fiasco, reiterated that the promised return to democracy would take place on schedule. But many Argentine civilian leaders suspected that there was a dangerous alternative: if civilians were relentless in seeking the truth on some painful topics, the military would renege on its pledge to return to the barracks. Said a government official in Buenos Aires: "The military realize they have been discredited and want to go, but there's always the problem of the desaparecidos and the war. They must provide some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina: Taboo Topics | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

Harvard began its relentless attack with just three minutes left in the first half. The earlier 42 minutes featured much slipping, sliding, and not much else...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Booters Cruise to Fifth Straight Win | 10/12/1982 | See Source »

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