Word: semis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...growing number of ordinary Hungarians, one-third of whom have relatives in Transylvania, called for more decisive action. With the approval of reform-minded Mikhail Gorbachev, Budapest endorsed vitriolic attacks on the Ceausescu regime in the semi-official press. In January the Hungarian government legalized the status of the refugees already spilling across the border; two months later parliament voted $6 million to pay for resettlement programs in cooperation with church groups and the Hungarian Red Cross...
Perestroika will be whatever we will be. If we are halfway, we'll have semi- perestroika. If we rebuild with rotting lumber from former labor camps, perestroika will collapse. If we all pull the blankets toward ourselves, perestroika will freeze. What is done in the name of protecting one's cushy armchair isn't ideology, it's cushiology. Between the pro-perestroikers and the anti-perestroikers, unfortunately, there is a large group I call the "oikers." They're the ones who whine constantly about the lack of sugar and other things but do not lift a finger to stop those...
...Tarver seems unaffected by his semi-celebrity status in Adams House or the hordes of 16-year-old punkettes who swoon at his concerts at local clubs. His aloof stance may seem pretentious or arrogant, but it's mostly natural shyness even if he does play it up occasionally...
...British film A World Apart places another child, a 13-year-old white girl (Jodhi May), in another social war zone: South Africa, 1963. Shawn Slovo's semi-autobiographical script sketches a poignant dilemma: a crusading career woman (Barbara Hershey) whose cause takes precedence over motherhood. The film, though a bit of a plod, earned a thrilling reception at the festival. It took the Special Jury Prize (second place) and an award for three of its actresses, including Hershey, the first performer to win Cannes laurels in consecutive years...
...outburst was inspired by the transfer of Port Vila land leases from a semi-government authority to a government department. Members of Vanuatu's three Melanesian tribes, which consider themselves the traditional owners of the land, opposed government control of the leases...