Word: sudden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reasons behind the sudden switch to a regional primary are many, but the true motivation is unknown. Some political observers believe Gov. William F. Weld '66 pushed the Yankee Primary to boost the candidacy of California Gov. Pete Wilson, whom Weld had endorsed last summer...
...cradles her sleeping lover in one of the play's most emotive and best-written segments. Her manner is stylishly minimalist and her accent, which vanishes and reappears at random, is delightful. Normand skillfully handles what is probably the most overtly melodramatic line in the play, screaming, with a sudden viciousness, "I want to strangle your dreams inside...
...measure's Republican sponsors say the bill will strangle Castro's regime, cutting off foreign capital. Senator Claiborne Pell, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee disagrees, saying it could "alienate our allies" as well as causing a logjam in the courts. The Administration's sudden shift reveals an eye on the upcoming elections as well as sensitivity to Republican calls for sweeping measures and accusations that Clinton is "soft on Castro." The bill, which has strong congressional support, is expected to speed through the House and Senate for approval early next week...
Fantini suggested that the sudden nature of the vote may indicate that a new mayor will be chosen at tonight's City Council meeting...
...Suddenly in the spotlight, Alexander's challenge was simply to be genuine. His gimmicky campaign of plaid shirts and long walks has suffered not just from want of attention but also from an abundance of contradictions. He is yet another former Nixon staff member posing as an outsider, a man who boasts about his plans to abolish the Education Department he once headed, a man who rails against insiders but seems to have profited handsomely from being one; a man who complains of mudslinging but was the first in the field to use a negative ad, against Pete Wilson last...