Word: stirs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...startled press corps quickly swung into action. At 9:10 a.m. the first wire service bulletins were transmitted reporting the collapse of the government of President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier. If the announcement caused a stir in newsrooms across the country, it probably did not compare with the reaction at the Department of State. Within moments, officials appeared in the pressroom to warn reporters that Washington had no confirmation of Duvalier's fall. The official disclaimer came at 1:45 p.m. at the daily State Department press briefing. "As of now," Spokesman Bernard Kalb said, "our information is that...
...lost purchasing power. Businessmen are clamoring for similar price relief. The trials next year of the 300 lower-ranking officers accused of crimes in the dirty war--and a separate trial, now under way, of Galtieri and two other junta members for mismanaging the Falklands war--will stir up more debate over who bears the ultimate responsibility for the ghosts of the past. The trials may also further strain the patience of the military, which may be weakened but is still a potentially powerful force in Argentine affairs. Most important, Alfonsin will have his hands full trying to strengthen...
...churned out Lawrence and the Arabs (1927), a biography of his friend T.E. Lawrence that was frankly designed to sell. It did. His own autobiography, Goodbye to All That (1929), was more than a parting shot at an England he could no longer abide. Graves intended the book to stir outrage and sales, and he succeeded. Settled in splendid self-exile on the Spanish island of Majorca, he countered mounting debts by writing the historical novel I, Claudius...
...filming raised a stir among local passersby, as a crowd hitting an estimated 300 wreaked havoc with the efforts of private crowd-control officers...
Those who do get in will usually confront a scene designed to stir the imagination. From the shark tank at Area to Danceteria's "Wuthering Heights" elevator, the purpose of the physical accoutrements is to draw the clubgoer out of quotidien life and into a netherworld of unusual activity. The nightclub's ideal role is no longer to provide singles with potential partners or to satiate the hungry dancer with the charm of the bass. Though there is concern with sex and song here, these clubs, more than anything else, attempt to capture and define the sub-culture that...