Word: slips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...keep in touch" -- with the plain folk who helped carry him into office, with the Democrats on Capitol Hill who have been out of favor for years, and even with the Republicans who now find themselves in a distinct minority. It won't be easy: upon Inauguration, Presidents-elect slip helplessly into the protective cocoon of White House and Secret Service agents whether they like it or not. But certainly the speed with which Clinton moved about the city indicates that he will be, if anything, an even more energetic President than the ever bustling Bush...
...rate it is hard to find anything new in Bush's new world order. Even before communism's fall, Reagan was far readier to imagine a different world arrangement, to adapt and dream, than Bush has been. The opportunity offered by the rapid changes in Europe continues to slip away...
With the specialization of resident advising,some said, students sometimes slip through thecracks of the system...
David Travis demonstrates amazing range as Todd, the ex-convict barber who seeks revenge on the men who destroyed his life. Travis manages to show Todd's intensity without letting the character slip into melodrama. Travis portrays Todd's inhumanely violent nature yet also his sincere despair over the loss of his wife and daughter. Travis' many musical numbers show off his terrific voice and his acting at its best. Like most of the cast he seems underdirected in straight dialogue scenes--particularly in the first...
...alcoholic reverie and post-election hysteria. Clinton broke 270 votes, and the hall seethed with delight and unrestrained hugging. Perot took to the dance floor and Bush, looking rather pleased with himself--"Look Barbara, I've lost an election. Aren't I clever?"--committed the decade's most revealing slip in thanking, yes thanking, Governor Bill. Democrats in the hall took their long-awaited chance to fondle each other, election results from God knows where flickered seductively on screen, and, oops, that was my last drop of the noxious brew...