Word: spectacularity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Public support for Aquino reached a spectacular climax three days before the balloting, at the challenger's final rally. The gathering easily ranked among the largest in Philippine history. An enormous crush of humanity flocked to Manila's Rizal Park to hear Aquino and Laurel make their concluding speeches. A sea of yellow T shirts and banners, reflecting Aquino's campaign color, overflowed the sprawling harbor-front park. Yellow ticker tape and confetti rained down from office buildings surrounding the capacious square. < In contrast to earlier Aquino rallies, which had had a decidedly homespun air, an array of professional singing...
...Mutter, 22, is that ideal performer. A German whose effortless technique and voluptuous sound put her in the forefront of today's young instrumentalists, she lights up the Iberian peninsula with her dazzling technique. If anything, her performance of Sarasate's lusty Gypsy fantasy Zigeunerweisen is even more spectacular...
HAVE YOU EVER found a movie so offensive that your shocked mind didn't know where to begin criticizing it? For me, Delta Force was one of those films. I've seen Chuck Norris before and although his performances were never spectacular, they were at least exciting and interesting. I watched him dodge machine gun fire and crack some skulls, and thought "This guy is good!" But when I saw him take on the entire city of Beirut and win, I could only think "This guy is stupid and amazingly lucky...
...Trisha shot well, she played smart defense, she boxed out well--it was just an all-around spectacular effort," Delaney Smith said of the Norwood native, who also recorded two assists and came up with two steals...
Indeed, having brilliantly explored Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1981, Voyager had already compiled an enviable record. Now the spacecraft was on the verge of duplicating its earlier, spectacular accomplishments. At week's end it had already discovered ten tiny Uranian moons and sent back incredibly detailed photographs of the five larger, previously known satellites. It had photographed the nine known rings and found at least two more. The versatile spacecraft also managed to pry a bewildering volume of information from Uranus itself, despite the fact that the giant planet is shrouded by a thick and opaque blue-green...