Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Alfred Hitchcock Presents has settled for simply remaking old episodes from its earlier incarnation, it seems far fresher and more vital than The Twilight Zone. No supernatural morality plays here; just some deft storytelling and a refreshingly sardonic view of human nature. Hitchcock characters are greedy, vengeful and nasty (Martin Sheen, for instance, as a dissolute, over-the-hill actor who kills a young rival), and good people as well as bad are subject to the capriciousness of fate...
...like watching a silent movie." But others heard a sound. "I saw a flash in the sky, like a sunset," said Judy Parsons, another motorist. "Then, in a couple of seconds, I heard an explosion. Then black smoke starting coming up." The witnesses seemed to agree on one vital point: the plane exploded after it plowed into the small trees near Gander Lake, not before...
...Saturday morning. If they balk, tell them that you're appearing in one of the commercials, or that your friend Freddie's wealthy dad, Mr. ceo, watches every Saturday to pick up business tips. Only when they've put in their tube time will they begin to understand the vital differences between He-Man and She-Ra, Voltron and MASK, Wuzzles and Lots-a-Lots-a-Leggggggs...
...identity separate from that of the U.S. "Our system of social programs, our commitment as Canadians to fight regional disparities, our unique cultural identity, our special linguistic character--these are the essence of Canada," he said. "You will have to understand that what we call cultural sovereignty is as vital to our national life as political sovereignty." To make sure that the message got through, and to see that it made news in Quebec as well as in the English-speaking provinces of Canada, Mulroney repeated it in French...
...political. COSATU, the result of four years of painstaking negotiations among the leading black unions, is the most powerful manifestation of this burgeoning political consciousness. Although the new solidarity is still fragile, the giant federation of 34 multiracial unions claims some 450,000 members in the country's most vital industries and clearly has the potential to be a major force in South African affairs. Its leaders have already openly committed themselves to an activist role in the antiapartheid struggle. "We are no longer going to be passive," said Barayi. "COSATU is going to govern this country...