Word: strike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Luckily, the Navaho religion, which Hillerman repeatedly describes as "fascinating," does not demand absolute privacy: "the more you know, the better," Hillerman says. What he knows is part of the attraction for him; the emphasis on avoiding excesses and fulfilling familial responsibilities strike a chord in his own life...
...early Lewis Carroll reference is not picked up again, and one may also wonder why Phebe seems to have turned into a refugee from Rent. But such glitches can easily enough be corrected by the players. If there are a few elements of Zayas's vision that don't strike a chord in the viewer, they're easily made up for by the overpowering richness of that vision as a whole...
DIED. ALBERT SHANKER, 68, tough but deft leader of the American Federation of Teachers; of cancer; in New York City. A respected champion of high education standards, he was demonized in 1968 for leading a long, bitter strike against a New York City decentralization plan that cut teachers' rights...
...certain cultural laziness compounds this misapprehension. It's much easier to write Depp off as just another "actor boy," seeming to strike those inarticulately nihilistic poses that are the type's trademark, than it is to come seriously to grips with his astonishingly rangy body of work. Or even to catch it, since this Florida high school dropout, failed rocker and totally instinctive actor tends to work cult country, where a film's theatrical life-span can be nasty, brutal and short, but where these days the more interesting directors and writers hang...
...sword. But union leaders say such scrutiny is unwarranted and are urging that the Interior Ministry revert to its old practice of examining a bull only if a veterinarian suspects wrongdoing. They're also demanding the right to shave if a bull's horns are (oops!) accidentally splintered. A strike would deprive fans of watching the graceful, gory fights at such festivals as the 12-day Fallas in Valencia in March, the San Isidro bullfights this May in Madrid and a festival this Sunday in Castellon. Positive reports from Friday's talks between union leaders and the government left hope...