Word: virtual
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...millions of Americans the blue-eyed, sandy-haired Ueberroth is still a virtual unknown. Even his recent anointment to the apple-pie job of baseball commissioner left most of the country in the dark about him. How did he achieve such a spectacular success? What combination of strength and guile lay behind that almost inscrutable exterior? All his life Ueberroth has been in the thrall of challenges. The Olympics were clearly his greatest. He made speech after speech to his thousands of workers about how together they had to climb a majestic mountain. "I've always hunted for challenges," says...
...President Ferdinand Marcos in control of his government? That question has dominated conversation in Manila since Nov. 14, when Marcos went into virtual seclusion. Speculation had him suffering from a number of illnesses, ranging from a degenerative kidney ailment to heart disease. Rumors swept the capital that the President had undergone major surgery, that he was dying or that he was dead...
With the Crimson lineup suddenly six inches taller and 25 pounds heavier, the Big Green offense, up against a virtual wall of bodies, fell back on the outside shot...
...concern itself with the plight of Miss Julie (Andrea Dishy) and her servant (Dean Norris), its heavily Marxist language and tone often undercut the development of the characters as individuals. Moreover, while many of Strindberg's speeches are poetic and inspirational, much of the script is repetitious. The virtual absence of any physical action, coupled with a cast of only three characters, makes for a dangerously static 90 minutes if director and cast aren't careful...
...series of disastrous harvests caused by the prolonged drought. The harvest of teff, the grain crop that provides the main source of food for Ethiopians, was very poor last winter, according to a U.N. senior official in Rome, and the secondary crop that came in last spring was "a virtual failure." Said the official: "The tragedy in Ethiopia demands not only an immediate response but a sustained response...