Word: sudden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sudden, it seemed that the Polar Bears would not roll over so easily...
...first, it might be difficult to see what makes this production so unintentionally--well, funny. The Eliot House library adds a nice sense of gothic mystery to the production. The technical crew--which handles sudden diappearances, appearances, smashing mirrors, and even a stake through the heart with clever theatrical parlor tricks--deserves special mention. If only the rest of the production had been as clever...
Despite the publicity Sherman has suddenly received, including possible slots on Good Morning America, Arsenio, and the Tonight Show, she said she won't let her sudden fame go to her head...
Thousands of foreign residents of Algeria are nervously awaiting a Dec. 1 deadline for their departure from the country. And deadline is the appropriate word: an ultimatum issued by Muslim extremists declares that "anyone staying longer is responsible for his own sudden death."As many as 3,000 people have been killed by government forces and Islamic fundamentalists since January 1992, when the government canceled elections because fundamentalist candidates appeared certain...
...advantage Hosokawa has as he attacks the entrenched interests, however, is the sudden extinction of the zoku, the clubs of L.D.P. legislators who shielded specific ministries in return for political favors -- a new road here, a juicy contract there. With the L.D.P. out of power, the zoku ceased to exist. That made it easier for Hosokawa to take on the Agriculture Ministry over the rice issue, and helped prosecutors push ahead with the arrests of various businessmen and officials in the construction industry. Says Princeton's Calder: "This is Japan's perestroika. Hosokawa is short- circuiting the nomenklatura...