Word: sensationalization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lafayette first shocked his countrymen by stealing off to America against the King's wishes. But he quickly won the friendship of George Washington, spent $3 million of his own funds on the colonial cause and performed bravely at Brandywine and Yorktown. When word of his exploits reached home...
That year, Plunkett was released by the San Francisco 49ers, who had fetched him home to the Bay Area two seasons earlier, a reclamation project partially sentimental. Plunkett describes the sensation as "carrying the weight of the world," and says, "I thought about quitting." Rather, he moved over to Oakland...
It has not worked out that way. The front runner did not stumble; the challenger did not soar. Far from slipping, Mondale appears to be farther ahead than ever. He has deftly sidestepped Glenn's broadsides, while Glenn has been less dexterous dodging Mondale's jabs. Glenn is...
Alfonsin considers himself a frustrated writer and enjoys movies. (His favorite: Hiroshima Man Amour, a 1959 antiwar film by French Director Alain Resnais.) Asked once to elaborate on qualities necessary for leadership, he listed "honesty, courage to confront situations ... not to be ambiguous." He added, "Politics does not give satisfactions...
Lecturing is the least of the cultural exchanges in which Petworth engages. Struggling with Slaka's implacable bureaucracy, he plays an unwitting role in its intrigues and treacheries, despite the best efforts of his fond, exasperated official guide. He falls victim to the local peach brandy (rot'vitti...