Word: tempo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...destroy what most people come to the Caribbean to find. It could not make the sea less bright or the sun less clear, or bestir the starfish or break the spirits of the islands' hosts. The present flurry of activity may be at odds with the placid island tempo, but it reflects that most precious tourist commodity: the desire to please...
...hand are liberals, who think the country must move faster toward a free-market economy; on the other are conservatives, who want any changes to occur so gradually that consumers will be cushioned from price increases and unemployment. Gorbachev is caught in the middle. The measured tempo he has chosen for perestroika has caused only economic disruption and hardship, at least in the short...
DURHAM, N.H.--Sometimes, a little less pressure can go a long way, even for an up-tempo team like the Harvard men's basketball squad. The Crimson (1-1) utilized a tough, trapping half-court defense and upped the tempo on offense to overwhelm New Hampshire, 94-74, here at Lundholm Gymnasium last night...
Cornell came out charging in the first half, controlling the ball for most of the first 10 minutes of the contest. The Crimson then picked up the tempo and was able to take the early lead on Fair's header...
...place whose emergent reality had more to do with inventive technology, mass media and the density of the great capital, Paris. Cubism is the urban art par excellence. It celebrates the rapid stream of half-completed impressions, the overlay and stutter of images and ideas, enforced by the tempo of city life: it is the art of cultural compression and flux. With its materials, subjects and techniques, it lighted up the commonness of the modern world...