Word: superealism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Delayed Paychecks. Nor was there reason to. Even before the tragic turn of events, Bayh's high-financed, super-energy campaign was falling apart. The money that had once been provided in such abundance by financiers like Gilbert Flexi-Van Corp. Chairman Milton Gilbert and Spartans Industries Chairman Charles Bassine had lately slowed to a trickle. Twice during the summer, Bayh was forced to delay paychecks for his staff. The impressive organization that had been the envy of his rivals was beginning to unravel. Around Washington during the past several weeks, rumors had been circulating that the Bayh campaign...
...have a fairly strong starting team, but we're super weak on replacements," said Mike Graff, captain of the waterpolo team. "We won't be as good as last year," he added...
...making idols out of Pirates teams is nothing new to Pittsburgh. Consider the 1960 Pirates. How many super-stars were on that team? How many great names will hit the plaques at Cooperstown? Maybe one. In case you've forgotten, here is the list of memorables: catchers. Smokey Burgess and Hal Smith; first base, Dick Stuart: second base, Bill Mazeroski, shortstop, Dick Groat; third base, Don Hoak; and the fabulous, famous outfield--Bill Virdon, Bob "Hound dog" Skinner and Roberto Clemente. And on the in-famous mound staff, such immortal 20-game winners as Vernon "Deacon" Law, Bob Friend. Elroy...
...Hall of Presidents, a super-American show that opens with a 12-minute film summing up U.S. history and then presents all 36 Presidents, artfully duplicated and carefully robotized (Andrew Jackson keeps whispering to Martin Van Buren as each leader is introduced...
That no real benefits from the elitist route to development ever accrued to most Pakistanis can easily be demonstrated by examining both the statistics on inequality cited previously and the recent history of Pakistan. The tiny class of super-rich preferred to consume conspicuously rather than invest their windfall profits. (Luxury housing accounts for about 10 per cent of measured private investment.) The growth of this economic oligarchy was complemented by the concurrent growth of a powerful military dictatorship, centralized in West Pakistan and supplied with American arms. After the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War, the economic-military elite grew increasingly...