Word: rhythm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...congressional reaction to Iranscam. But eventually and probably inevitably, Patrick Buchanan, the White House's bombastic director of communications, could contain himself no longer. Having served Nixon during the dark days of Watergate, he feels he knows how best to handle the current scandal. "These crises have a certain rhythm," says the old pro. "First it's a news story, then a policy controversy, then an investigation -- and then it turns into a political war. When it goes political, you've got to go into it full tilt...
...Once a play becomes the play, moviemakers like Bruce Beresford (at best an unobtrusive director of human traffic without a natural camera style) attach undue reverence to each line of dialogue. Nobody considers that words spoken in a theater may fall flat in a movie house without the ricochet rhythm provided by audience laughter; everybody concerned tiptoes through the property as if it were the Victoria and Albert Museum...
...teams come out soon after and loosen up. Some players stretch their legs on the sides of the boards. The goalies skate to the nets and slash up the ice in front of them. Getting comfortable. Finding a rhythm...
...mainly a rhythm and blues, pop band, but we can definitely rock and party when we have to," said David Alves, lead singer of the band and a Union employee from 1980-86. Other members include co-founder Ken Sparrow and Frank Rousseau, both of whom have worked for Food Services...
When the cries of "Cory! Cory! Cory!" filled the streets of Manila last February, it seemed that Corazon Aquino could do no wrong. Her shy smile, the staccato rhythm of her speeches and her cheerful yellow dresses inspired hope and goodwill not only in the Philippines but around the world. Last week, however, a different response erupted in the capital's streets, where a crowd of 20,000 demonstrators cried, "Down with Cory...