Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What the Sandinistas have done is to help those people who believe that the only way is through war," Arias said. "We have to choose between dialogue or more war." The Sandinistas seem to be leaning toward the second alternative, and soon...
...prosperous Atlanta and backward, impoverished everything else. Atlanta is free at last. The traces of a Georgia town -- a big Georgia town, but still a Georgia town -- are gradually disappearing, as the suburban office parks fill up with Yankees. Even people who sound like they might be from Georgia seem to be disappearing. Atlanta magazine ran a story called The Vanishing Southerner -- a character who can be heard, as he fades away, grumbling that all the places that used to serve barbecue have been turned into places that serve sun-dried tomatoes...
...Atlanta, as in a lot of other national cities, the large commercial institutions have passed from the hands of home-grown proprietors into the hands of itinerant managers. The middle-management hordes in the suburban office parks don't seem to have much to do with the city of Atlanta; some of them have hardly ever been there. Doug Marlette, the editorial cartoonist of the Atlanta Constitution, has been one of those lamenting the gentrification and homogenization and suburbanization of the city. In his comic strip, Kudzu, Marlette sums up what is happening in one evocative word: Bubbacide...
...they have been the first to change their plans. Tourism from the U.S. declined 28% in June alone. Most of the cancellations, not surprisingly, come from would-be first-time visitors rather than those who visit regularly and have family and friends in Israel. Many Europeans, meanwhile, seem undaunted by reports of the riots. The number of visitors from Japan, Germany, Scandinavia and Switzerland has actually increased this year, although that from France has decreased...
...appear to be that his new album, called Old 8x10 and just now in stores, might dislodge Always from the top of the country charts, where it has perched for almost a year. One million copies of Old 8x10 have already been ordered up by retail outlets, and reorders seem a solid bet. The record's blend of sweet vocals and straightforward sentiment should go down smoothly with Travis' growing number of fans...