Word: strike
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movie like this caused such trouble? One reason may be, of course, that it is so stylized. Violence in films and TV has become so common that most audiences are inured to it. Hill's rendering may strike the deeper chords of instinct; the film does set audiences cheering in sympathy for the Warriors' run for freedom...
China warned that it "reserved the right" to strike back at any recurring border provocations, while Viet Nam said that it would "severely punish" continued "barbarous acts of war" by the withdrawing Chinese. Indeed, there was the possibility that the righting could start up again in earnest at any time, but as both sides grudgingly announced a conditional willingness to negotiate, the menace of a wider, Sino-Soviet conflict appeared remote. Dropping its warnings of retaliation against China, the Soviet Union smugly noted that Peking appeared to have "sobered up," and congratulated itself on the restraint that had foiled China...
...find the ongoing controversy over fiction Expos both deeply disturbing and difficult to comprehend. The reasons for Mr. Marius's decision to cut Expos 13 and his alternative plans for Expos 18 strike me as misdirected actions to resolve a departmental conflict...
...case sudden inspiration happens to strike anyone in the audience, or anyone in Cambridge for that matter, auditions at the Nameless are backstage until 10:30 p.m. before a panel of one. One the average, about four people audition a night; Nameless is now booking...
...Joaquin Chamorro. Chamorro was gunned down on his way to work in January 1978, and his assassination touched a spree of rioting and burning of buildings in the capital city of Managua. The first anniversary of his death two months ago also brought parades, demonstrations, and a renewed general strike...