Word: rightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...diminishing of the office of the presidency as the locus of foreign policy decision making. Voting down an arms control agreement painstakingly negotiated with Washington?s key allies and adversaries would have been almost unthinkable during the Cold War. Not that the Senate didn?t have the constitutional right to do so, but the global conflict with the Soviets created a political culture in which partisan debates ended at America?s shores, and a respect for the paramountcy of the president?s authority on matters of national security. Not for nothing did the term "president" become interchangeable with "commander...
...What there is to like in "Do You Think About Me" and "Candy (Make It Right)" is pretty clearly lifted from Janet Jackson and Boyz II Men. Even the album's most promising song, "Everybody Wants Her," suffers from a weak beat. Your best bet is to steer clear of Introducing and hope Fredo sticks to the commercials. Sometimes pretty boys are meant to be seen and not heard...
...performance. We all know how the story must end--we would be foolish to suspect that More would give in. But the reason the audience can be so deeply moved in ways it doesn't completely understand is that the focus is not on political intrigue or what is right or wrong. We care because More is an honorable man in circumstances that are all too real. And the fact that he is the best of what we aspire to be makes his fate even more heartbreaking, even though we fully comprehend the practical reasons for which it all happens...
...lies in stripping away any layer from a thing until it is totally naked. He uses his video camera to get to the essence of a subject. That is, he struggles to see things as they are, while his parents and neighbors distract themselves with various illusions. Right before his death, Burnham recognizes the truth of Ricky's perspective, reaching, in a way, nirvana. He remembers the early days of his marriage, his love for wife and daughter, and perceives, for the first time, beauty...
...Right now I'm in about $1,000 worth of debt and frankly I can't even remember what I bought," he says...