Word: swept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such acts used to be swept under the run; everyone used to pretend everyone else was well-meaning. After all, when Jackie Robinson belted one racist opponent, it was only because he had twice ignored the player's taunts. "I had no cheeks left to turn," he said. Baseball players these day are more interested in sticking out their chins and putting up their dukes than in turning their cheeks...
Gorbachev's rejuvenating crusade raises the question of whether he can achieve durable change without provoking insurmountable opposition from party conservatives and fearful bureaucrats. After all, Nikita Khrushchev was swept from power 23 years ago for attempting reforms far less daring than Gorbachev's. More recently, when Deng Xiaoping's economic liberalization in China began to spill over into the political sphere, hard-liners rose up and forced the ouster of reformist Communist Party Chief Hu Yaobang early this year. Even if such internal party opposition does not stop Gorbachev, how far can he push change without unleashing democratic forces...
...nothing seems quite as perverse and inexplicable as the set itself. On one side, the stage has a large chain-linked fence; on the other is a floor grate that lets off steam or wind-swept orange rags meant to represent fire. In the middle stands a wall that seems to be covered with aluminum foil...
...bravura performance drew a flood of flowers and yellow telegrams that swept to Capitol Hill in support of the man who starred at his own show trial. The "Olliegrams" were stacked on the witness table, as though shielding the colonel from any hostile questions. Jumping on the Ollie bandwagon, two Republican Congressmen interrupted the proceedings to criticize Counsel Liman for being too "prosecutorial." In fact, Liman approached North with unusual restraint, probing more for revelations about his superiors than to slash at his story. Explained Liman later: "This is not a trial. We're not handing down verdicts. These hearings...
...locations in the Philippines. According to Marcos' plan, he was to go first to Tonga, an independent South Pacific island where he supposedly had allies. From there, he was to land by boat in his home province of Ilocos Norte, where he expected to be greeted by supporters and swept back into power. As for Aquino, Marcos said he would like to take her hostage, "not to hurt her ((but)) forcibly take her without killing...