Word: vision
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other extreme, On Freedom's Ground takes a look at New York harbor as it might have been before it became a beachhead of the New World. The vision is harsh, deterministic, featuring a wind "which blew/ Not as it chose, but as it had to do." The invasion of humanity is hardly the despoliation of paradise: "Where was the thought of freedom then?/ It came ashore within the minds...
...addition, research has shown that a large percentage of American cockroach eggs hatch even if they are not fertilized by a male. Referring to the army's proposal to use the sex attractant as a pesticide, Roth says, "I had a vision whereby eliminating males, you could create a super race of females...
There is scant evidence that Dukakis has a clearly defined vision of his presidency. His disciplined, orderly mind has been understandably fixated on the task at hand -- winning the nomination -- and the rigors of a primary ; campaign leave little time for reflective thinking. On the few occasions that Dukakis has permitted himself to muse aloud about the White House, aides say, there was a puckish glee as he toyed with the ironies of being Governor of all the people. At a recent gubernatorial staff meeting, Dukakis joked that he imagined himself in the Oval Office telling Fred Salvucci, his current...
...Ancient astral priests dress her for a mysterious ritual: paint on her body, diamonds on the soles of her feet, finally a branding iron pressed to her lips. A rude flash, and we see the scene of a car accident. The jewels are mortal wounds, the priests surgeons, the vision one of hope and fear for the unknown world that follows death. Visually, Russell's sequence is pitched at see above high- see. Emotionally, it takes preposterous risks and pulls them...
Gore pioneered a new way of seeking the nomination by bypassing Iowa and jump-starting a campaign on Super Tuesday. But he seemed to spend more time pondering tactical maneuvers than propounding a vision or message. And a campaign that lives by tactics can die by tactics. Having skipped Iowa, Gore square danced around New Hampshire, a state where his strong environmental record and centrist solidity might have generated support. In the end, he frittered away $430,000 on a halfhearted run that netted a pitiful 7% of the New Hampshire vote. "If we had used some of that money...