Word: representive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though not even Jackson expects a black bid in 1984 to lead to the Oval Office, it makes a certain amount of tactical sense. Blacks have been trooping to voting booths in growing numbers, making them a potent factor in the choice of the next President. The new clout was...
Gemayel had other things to worry about last week. A new Syrian-backed coalition, the National Salvation Front, threatened to split Lebanon's 4 million people far more effectively than any foreign forces could. The front's three leaders represent the major religious opponents of Gemayel's...
We never see the people who wear the black ties and who oversee the oppression and constant violence, but it is not necessary. The detailed cinematography carves out the workers' little existence ranging from the pieced-together sheets for doors and the omnipresence of broken televisions. The characters' lives are...
To Kenji Ekuan, 52, a former Buddhist priest who founded GK Industrial Design Associates, Japan's largest and most innovative design firm, the matter is partly a philosophical one. "We Japanese," he says, "are the most avaricious people. Infinite desires but infinite time and space." To Ekuan the traditional...
The "devil's language" is the description generally attributed to St. Francis Xavier, the 16th century Jesuit missionary. Others have seen in the intricacies of the language a major influence on Japan's intellectual and artistic styles, even on its basic national character. Yet sympathetic observers also believe...