Word: role
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chick), who arrives as the action of the first act begins, is the medicine man who has been called in to conjure Wheeler's "totally new" destruction. After the first few moments, Chick falls into character and subsequently delivers a steady performance in an ever-changing and difficult role...
...moment of productivity, Tympani plays a rhythm on two toms as Rabbit searches for the nature of the being they must create. This cacophony succeeds in transforming Miss Scoons (Alexis Toomer), the gum chewing, sexy secretary of the operation, into a nun. Toomer is understandably more interesting in the role of the mystical and concerned nun than in the hackneyed role of the secretary...
...recalled in 1986 by Gorbachev, and swiftly took a leading role in urging the Soviet leader to follow through on Gorbachev's twin policies of perestroika, or restructuring, and glasnost, or openness...
Shevardnadze's request for a meeting next week at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization overshadowed the opening day of talks at which U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III called for a larger political role for the alliance...
...bargaining is seen as a key part of the Western alliance's efforts to redefine its role in an era of dramatically reduced tensions...