Word: sustain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tactics of the new strikers are different from those of the original strikers who vowed to sustain themselves on water and vitamins only until their demands...
...stage is spare--swathed in a smoothing blue gauze--forcing the actors' charisma to sustain the show. Rosencrantz (Jim Torres) and Guildenstern (Steve Kelner) meet this demand; with exaggerated facial expressions and wild gestures, their compressed energy matches Stoppard's verbal swashbuckling, his inevitable bons mots...
...similarly cynical about performance artist Laurie Anderson in an essay ostensibly about "Women Composers," he immediately casts doubt over his choice of women by stating," some artists suddenly become trendy and hot. They may sustain their recognition, of they may slip from view. At this writing, about the hottest, trendiest artist in SoHo is Laurie Anderson." Later in the essay he accomplishes the almost impossible task of negating one of his statements in the same sentence. "But her wit clearly entrances her audiences, and has helped secure her reputation. So has the very fact that she is a woman, although...
Fountaine played a singles match that he controlled throughout. His opponent Art Martella served inconsistently and couldn't sustain a rally. Fountaine forced play action at the net with Fountaine coming out on top 6-1, 6-2. "I played better today than against any team we've played this year," Fountaine said. "He did very little to upset my game...
...states for more than $1 billion a year in economic assistance. Hussein, moreover, would be personally even more vulnerable than assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was after he signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979. Says a European diplomat in Amman: "Jordan is not Egypt. It could not sustain the burdens of isolation...