Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that defense misses the point of the investigation. The most serious allegation, that the institutions practice collusion in fundamental business transactions that cost the public millions of dollars, has hardly been addressed...
...hints at a serious truth: the counterrevolution sweeping the Communist world has made possible what Perez calls the "de-ideologization' ' of politics in the Third World. That means Perez, who had to cope with bloody riots sparked by price increases in February, is at least spared having to worry about some Third World minion of the Kremlin accusing him of socialist heresy. The real perestroika makes Perez's version look tame -- and more promising -- by comparison...
...together, and you've got a stunning woman." Then she gives you Method intensity with treacherous glamour. As Sea's director, Harold Becker, notes, "Ellen is very real. She looks like she's lived, like she's earned her face." And her spurs. This is a ferociously bright, witty, serious actor who packs risk and surprise in every move. She will go bigger, badder, beyond. "So much of what makes her special," says Hill, "is her chance taking. She understands instinctively that the enemy of art is what passes for good taste...
...spur economic growth, many economists predict that it would add billions to the deficit over the long term. That was the least of considerations, however, in the White House and Congress. Says Speaker of the House Tom Foley: "I see little or no evidence that the Administration is pursuing serious deficit reduction...
...appeal for "decisive action" to "understand and protect the earth's ecological balance." Just a month earlier, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, representing the major economic powers, had called upon "all relevant national, regional and international organizations" of its 24 member states to take a "vigilant, serious and realistic" look at "balancing long- term environmental costs and benefits against near-term economic growth...