Word: wake
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...very timely release of this film-as-indictment in the wake of the Greek Junta's 1967 seizure of power in the cradle of democracy paved the way for a favorable reception of Z in the West, but the movie has a lot more going for it besides. None of Costa-Gavras subsequent tracts has come close to capturing the gut-rending tension that glues the viewer of Z to the edge of his seat. Yves Montand turns in yet another tour de force as the pacifist legislator whose brutal assassination triggers the investigation that inexorably leads...
...wake of the Seitz ruling, the roles have been reversed. Upon termination of his contract, a player can renegotiate for a new pact or decide to become a free agent, potentially available to every franchise. This past year, 26 major league players became free agents, including such celebrities as Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando, and Bobby Grich. During the frenzied bidding war most major newspapers ran front page stories on the latest developments, following the bargaining sessions as closely as the Paris Peace Talks. Daily, the media announced the most lucrative contract offer ever made in the sport, only...
...said, "I hoped, I almost prayed I wouldn't wake up this morning...
...small drop in the work load. Unscheduled consultations and pop-in appointments were taking up as much as 15% of the precious presidential day. Carter, it appeared, was the one who was being forced to adjust. He added four more regular weekly meetings to his schedule. He ordered his wake-up calls at 6 a.m. (instead of 6:30) to expand his hours for reading. An aide found some schedules from previous Administrations and marveled at the relative isolation Carter's predecessors enjoyed...
Among the thousands of Czechoslovak intellectuals, politicians and statesmen who fled their native land in the wake of the 1968 Soviet invasion, few managed to get out with much more than a few personal papers in their pitifully skimpy baggage. Like most refugees from Communist dictatorships, the information they carried with them was confined to what could be conveniently stored in the human memory...