Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...committed Communist since joining the party in 1927, Ustinov gained power in the bureaucracy as he rose in the armaments industry. When Defense Minister Marshal Rodion Malinovsky died in 1967, there was widespread speculation that the post would pass to Ustinov. Instead, the Kremlin chose another military man, Marshal Andrei Grechko. Ustinov finally got the Defense portfolio in 1976. Along with it, he gained full membership in the Politburo and the title of marshal...
That change comes as Canada struggles to climb back from its most severe recession since World War II. From mid-1981 to late 1982, an estimated 550,000 people lost their jobs, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.8% to 12.8%: Despite two years of modest improvement, employment has still not returned to prerecession levels. Canadian industry continues to operate substantially below capacity. Said Mulroney last week: "My government considers the creation of jobs its top priority. It is, for us, a moral imperative...
...number of Asian students admitted early--83 this year--also rose from last year...
...keep the plot nice and confused, Coppola has composed a parallel sub-story starring Sandman Williams (Gregory Hines) a tap dancer at the club, who also falls in love with a showgirl William's beloved. Lila Rose Oliver (Lonette Mckee), is stuck in racial limbo, because she can pass as both a white and a black woman, threatening her relationship with the Sandman...
...reminiscent of old gangster films in the worst sense, particularly surprising coming from the man who made films like "The Godfather." Coppola and his cohorts provide almost no basis for the romantic entanglements that we are expected to believe. The Sandman falls in love with the lovely, leggy Lila Rose when he first sees her. "Will you marry me?" he asks impulsively. This one, searing sentence is the only expression of the couple's love...