Word: transformation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jewell Ivy, a farmer's wife and mother of three Lange is physically unsuited for the part. Her ash blonde curls and youthful figure make her an unlikely candidate for mucking out stalls and herding sheep. And while a good actor can transform physical beauty--think of Olivier's gnarled Richard III--Lange's performance is as unconvincing as her appearance leads one to believe. Although the script calls for a strong woman who fights against all odds to keep her farm and family, Lange hangs back from any real confrontation. She goes through the motions but her heart just...
...President," Mondale told the B'nai B'rith delegates, "should attempt to transform policy debates into theological disputes. He must not let it be thought that political dissent from him is unChristian. And he must not cast opposition to his programs as opposition to America." He took issue with a letter addressed to Christian leaders by Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, a close friend of the President's and chairman of his re-election campaign. The letter, Mondale said, "had defined Mr. Reagan's supporters as 'leaders under God's authority.'" There was laughter...
...next two months, the critical thrust of both parties' Southern campaigns may be their respective registration efforts. No doubt the G.O.P. enterprise has in many places been able to benefit from racial fears and thus transform white nonvoters and Democrats into registered Republicans. In North Carolina (19% black electorate), says Elections Director Alex Brock, "Jesse Jackson began registration in the churches. But the Moral Majority picked up on it and may have surpassed him." In six months, G.O.P. registrations in rural Scotland County, N.C., increased from about 1,000 to almost 2,300. Lamarr Mooneyham, a Moral Majority official, says...
When black-ruled Zimbabwe was white-ruled Rhodesia, it was a bastion of conservatism and free enterprise. But last week, after four years of independence, Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, 60, declared his intention to transform the former British colony into a one-party Marxist state. The announcement was greeted with enthusiasm by the 6,000 delegates and visitors who had gathered at a race track in the capital of Harare for the first congress in 20 years of Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). The meeting was conducted in the finest leftist tradition, from rhythmic hand clapping...
...stage oxyacetylene welding outfits, lingerie, swimsuits, exercise equipment, Franklin stoves, blood-pressure monitors, telephones, 718-piece mechanics' tool sets, portable drills and socket wrenches. Sears sells queen and worker bees, dairy and livestock equipment, horse blankets and saddles and, for $1,200, a pair of majestic swans to "transform your pond or lake into an enchanting, romantic setting...