Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...real theme, the jokes fly almost uninterrupted. It's a good thing, too, because the show's dancing and orchestration are not up to the same level. The choreographers take a chance, on extending the stage across the length of Kirkland's Junior Common Room in an effort to spread out the dancing sequences. But the set leaves precious little room for forward movement by the cast, and it gives some of the audience an uncomfortably sharp viewing angle. Dancers appear to run mindlessly and without much enthusiasm from one end of the stage to another, and efforts to coordinate...
...visit to Barbados in April 1982, Reagan complained to Prime Minister Tom Adams and Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga about the "spread of the virus" of Communism from Grenada. The two Caribbean leaders shared the President's concern. Recalled a presidential aide who was there: "They really beat up on us about Grenada...
...morning came, the Marines began appearing on the edge of town at Queen's Park, Bishop's favorite gathering place to address his people. The Marines spread out in firing positions alongside tanks and personnel carriers, while Grenadians sat looking back from their front steps on the opposite hillside. A U.S. tank sprang into life, firing into a hill with thick green vegetation, making a direct hit on an ammo dump and an antiaircraft position. One young man who sat watching the scene admitted that he too was once for the revolution. Now, reluctantly, he welcomed the invaders...
Every so often, sniper fire from the neighboring Shi'ite Muslim slums would ring out, sending the searchers scurrying for shelter. Then, two days after the blast, came terrifying news. A rumor spread that three vehicles reportedly laden with high explosives were cruising the neighborhood. The Marines were immediately placed on "Condition One," the highest state of alert. Huge amphibious personnel carriers blocked off the roads leading to the base, while the highway curving past the airport was barricaded with boulders of concrete. Several hours later, without explanation, the alert was downgraded...
...Manchester, N.H., poll showed that its residents prefer former Vice President Mondale to Glenn more than 2 to 1. The endorsement of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis went to Mondale instead of Glenn. Political insiders say such losses are all too typical of Glenn's slow-moving and thinly spread campaign machine...