Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are scenes of harrowing violence and terrible brutality, made more shocking by their matter-of-fact presentation. A hanging on the trail is so swift and morally disturbing that the unsuspecting viewer is left breathless. Suffusing it all is McCrae's stoic resignation in the face of misfortune. "Yesterday's gone; we can't get it back," he tells a man grieving over three murdered bodies. "You go on with your diggin', and I'll tidy up the dead." In its terse prairie poetry, Lonesome Dove celebrates not just the old West but also the men who could witness...
...term gunrunning brings to mind images of swift boats landing rifles on shadowy and foreign shores. But the gunrunning that plagues the U.S. these days is more a matter of illicit firearms stashed in vehicles rolling boldly up interstate highways. Federal law strictly limits the resale of weapons. However, that has not stanched a flood of firepower that travels from Southern states, where guns are quickly and easily bought, to Northern ones, where sales are more tightly regulated. Firearms bought in gun shops in Florida, Texas and Virginia -- the three largest supply states -- fetch top dollar when sold...
...inflicted in the name of orthodoxy (by the Inquisition) and political conquest (by the invading French and their guerrilla opponents): these possess him as they have possessed no other artist before or since. Seen through his encyclopedic vision of folly and cruelty, Goya's Spain is more like Dean Swift's Ireland than Voltaire's Europe...
...week's end, as police scattering crowds killed at least one demonstrator, the government backed down and revoked the price increases while leaving the pay hikes intact. The swift reversal does not ensure a return to relative stability. The Democratic Unionist Party withdrew from Sadiq's coalition government, and the Prime Minister reportedly intends to form a new Cabinet with his other partner, the Muslim fundamentalist National Islamic Front...
...biggest debate, however, concerns whether the swift weight losses are permanent. Patients who finish these programs (and 30% to 40% do not) lose an average of 60 lbs. to 70 lbs., but some regain their weight rapidly. Michael Workstel, a printer from Milford, Pa., lost 120 lbs. twice, only to put it back on. Why? "Because you don't change your eating habits," says Workstel. "When you're doing a liquid diet, there are no choices. You're in a bubble...