Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unless steps are immediately taken to stimulate economies, warns the OECD, the job picture in 1978 will get even worse. The organization sees growth of perhaps as little as 2.5% for Western Europe. That would mark a slight increase from 1977, but riot enough to prevent a further rise in unemployment, which the OECD says could go as high...
...next day the electrician and the mother--as well as other townspeople--try to tell their neighbors about the amazing occurence. Naturally, no one believes them, and all they can offer as proof is a slight sunburn induced by the rays from the spaceships...
...must stand or fall on the interpretation of the lead role. Fortunately, Amy Aquino delivers a strong and deftly-controlled performance. In her physical expression, especially, she holds Hedda's dichotomies in convincing balance. The cold, intense eyes and queenly carriage reflect her aristocratic upbringing and twisted idealism, while slight gestures--hands rubbed nervously together, a flash of anguish in the face--betray the tensions seething within her. Aquino centers the drama's energy by compressing it, displaying a clenched surface that makes Hedda's moments of abandon to manic impulse all the more chilling...
...status. I would eagerly support such a drive, and may even elect to pay the due. If, on the other hand, free choice is not the sole issue, then the burden rests with the proponents of PIRG to show cause as to why they favor imposing a burden, however slight, and even on a hypothetical minority, who elect not to support the organization...
...sides met again at the King David for a larger, more formal dinner after Sadat and Begin had delivered their speeches to the Knesset. By then there was a slight chill of disappointment around the table; the Israelis were disappointed that Sadat had not offered them something new. The President and the Premier, seated side by side, conversed diffidently; Sadat finally sought Dayan's attention but discovered he was seated on the one-eyed Foreign Minister's blind side. In friendly fashion, Sadat literally turned Dayan around to face him. They started a new conversation about continuing lines...