Word: role
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House leaders were skeptical that compromise will be reached soon. Some said Dukakis should play a greater role in the process, but many other legislators argued that House should take the lead itself...
...Friday, Jakes and all 13 other members of the ruling Politburo resigned en masse, admitting that they had taken insufficient measures to bring about democratic reform in the country. Within hours Jakes was replaced by Karel Urbanek, 48, party leader of the Czech republic. Urbanek played no role whatsoever in the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, the principal condition set by opposition forces for the choice of a new party leader. But his views on reform are far from clear, and some observers saw him as a - transition figure. Jubilation over Jakes' departure was further tempered...
...recently created Harvard Students forDemocratic China also will play an active role inthe week's events with a candle-light vigil Sundaynight to commemorate the six-month anniversary ofJune's Tiananmen Square massacre...
Gianni, a film producer, realizes midway through the shooting of his latest film that Clara, an actress in the film with a small role, has tremendous star potential. Gianni demands rewrites and shootings to make Clara the star of the movie. Caught in the power struggle of the film industry, Clara marries Gianni, who now controls her life. Antonioni forcefully reveals a deep preoccupation with isolation through his female protagonist...
This move comes one day after Parliament took the historic step of removing the guaranteed leading role of the Communist Party from the constitution...