Word: straightforwardness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spot, senior Jordanna Fraiberg handled her opponent nicely as well for a 9-1, 9-2, 9-0 win--again in a straightforward match...
...firms to cut featherbedded staffs and losses. Privatization remains the government's great and enduring taboo. Says Milton Friedman, the Nobel-prizewinning conservative economist, who completed a trip through China last month: "The answer to the question of how to go about getting a free- market system is very straightforward. You get the government out of the way and privatize, privatize, privatize. The Chinese have the words, but do they know the tune?" The latest reforms signal that they do know the score. They are just not quite willing to play...
...months, during which it turned into a runaway hit and a commercial transfer. A key factor: ecstatic reviews from this generation of critics, who are unaccustomed to the musical bounty that greeted their predecessors three decades ago. They adored the once standard and now quaint format of a - straightforward love story, the shamelessly hummable melodies, the elegant wit of the dialogue and lyrics...
Bennett's play is Shakespearean in its scope and reach; A straightforward account of the king's descent into and recovery from madness becomes a political and social commentary through Bennett's devastating use of language: Doctors feud over whether blisters or induced vomiting is the most effective treatment, politicians conspire over the raving body of the king--the twenty odd characters in The Madness of George III are involved in so many different intrigues it's a wonder that the audience can see straight...
...meantime, Shingledecker's death contributed to the extraordinary Senate hearing on Wednesday at which Reno delivered a straightforward threat: if the television industry didn't do something to curb violence in its programs by year's end, she said, government regulation would be "imperative." Some media executives suggested that the Attorney General might be on shaky constitutional ground with her attack. But many nonetheless felt compelled to point the finger at their competitors. And in Hollywood the company behind The Program, Disney's Touchstone Pictures division, announced that it was shipping new prints of The Program without the offending scene...