Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before last Tuesday, Hart supporters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology considered canceling a campus rally, fearing that few would show up. But when Hart strode on the stage on Friday, his right hand thrust into his suit coat pocket in a J.F.K. stance, 1,200 students jammed the hall chanting: "Gary! Gary...
...other state (345), but its Democrats had assumed there would be no race left by the time they voted in the June 5 primary. Hart's New Hampshire victory changes that. Exults Executive Director of the State Democratic Party Michael Gordon, who is neutral: "Now California has been thrust into prominence...
...away. She seems uncomfortable in front of the camera, even while initiating her seduction of Matthew, Joseph Bologna, as her father, plays the part of an insensitive boor with excessive mannerisms and a loud voice. Michael Caine, in turn, seems constantly confused, as if he was just thrust in front of the camera and attempting to regain his composure. Caine, however, does the best he can and delivers the few comic moments in the film wonderfully. Finally, Demi Moore puts in the movie's most endearing performance as the disillusioned Nicki who sadly watches her friend Jennifer lead her father...
While this yearly deadlock shows no signs of subsiding, campus attention has recently been thrust upon another aspect of the perennial debate over Harvard's more than $400 million worth of stock in companies operating in South Africa. The question that is being increasingly asked is whether Harvard really can use its influence to foster positive change in the apartheid state. The focus of this debate is on the so-called "Sullivan Principles," a set of equal opportunity and labor standards for companies operating in the country...
Hart, who managed McGovern's campaign that year, will now be thrust into the media spotlight and may be able to bolster an organization that is weak in many important primary states, analysts speculated last night...