Word: spasms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nixon trounced Senator George McGovern that fall, capturing nearly 61% of the vote. Then, after one last spasm of belligerence in the carpet bombing of Hanoi at Christmas, Nixon announced in January 1973, "We today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor to Vietnam...
...future dead white male, Updike makes mischief with a changing world that unsettles his sensibilities and excites his imagination. In a spasm of Latin American magic realism, he turns Isabel into a black lesbian and Tristao into a white businessman. A tirelessly inventive tour de force, this off-color romance may not add much to Updike's stature as a man of letters, but it is a spectacular example of what happens when a writer with talent to burn burns...
This latest spasm has produced what educators call a "teachable moment," when students -- in this case the entire citizenry -- may be ready to learn a new lesson about an old problem. Among activists who for years have fought for tighter gun laws, the current wave of terror presents a perfect opportunity to turn the fear of violence into a rejection of guns. Violence is out of control, they argue; guns cause much of the violence, therefore it is time to get serious about controlling the guns. President Clinton used the shooting to renew his call for tougher laws and licensing...
...sons for years by a scholarly brother-in-law who pulls out a gun. Fichtner sinks into a chair, stares defiantly everywhere else and finally at his accuser, then thrusts his head forward straight into the barrel of the weapon. He conveys in the same swift deed a last spasm of dare-you defiance and a willing embrace of an end to his own pain. Although almost everything in Timothy Mason's stylistically messy melodrama has the power to surprise, nothing else comes close to that startling glimpse into a lost soul...
...advent of such an '80s-style fight had Wall Streeters in a spasm of nostalgia for a decade in which it seemed that deals had to be mean if they were going to be big. Propelled by Diller's bid and constant rumors of new suitors, Paramount stock rose 7 3/8 a share, to close at 75 7/8 last week. Arbitragers, who purchase the stock of takeover targets in the hope that deals will be completed, welcomed the battle and became voracious buyers. Fee- hunting investment bankers scrambled to draw other bidders into the fray and grab some...