Word: whirlwinding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Amid the whirlwind of emotions over the late-late TV showdown debate and the American hostages, U.S. voters will go to the polls on Nov. 4 to make an irrevocable choice with which they will have to live for at least four years. Despite the confusion caused by the shifting positions of the presidential candidates and the hyperbole and innuendo of a disappointing campaign, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan offer, in many ways, clear-cut and contrasting choices. Whatever other complaints the 1980 American voter may have (and there are many), he cannot complain that he has been confronted with...
...amateurs. Won the light-heavy gold at the 1960 games in Rome. Won the world heavyweight championship in 1964 from the then invincible Sonny Liston. Made a name for himself as champ, now choosing to call himself Muhammad Ali, by successfully defending his crown against all comers with whirlwind hand and foot speed. And mouth speed...
...have clearly given federalism another chance." But he added: "The ball is in the federalist court, and now it's up to Mr. Trudeau to put some content into [his] promises." True to his word, Trudeau last week dispatched Minister of Justice Jean Chrétien on a whirlwind tour of Canada's ten provincial capitals to lay the groundwork for a conference of premiers and the Prime Minister, which could take place as early as July. Its purpose: to seek a consensus on how to change Canada's constitution, the British North America...
Kennedy, who had originally not planned to campaign in Wisconsin at all, decided to give it a last-minute try and flew in two days before the polls opened. Once on the scene, he put on a whirlwind dawn-to-dusk drive. Joking, laughing and punching at the air like a boxer, he drew excited crowds. But these efforts could not overcome Kennedy's difficulties or a President's ability to make optimistic news. Carter's early-morning TV statement hailing a "positive step" in Iran just as the polls opened appeared to help stem the Kennedy...
...ghostly love-dance, with Helena reaching for and grasping Demetrius just as he turns away; after the night of illusion in the forest is over, and the lovers are rubbing the sleep and dreams from their eyes, they recap the confusions of their double-love-triangle in a whirlwind mime before running back to the city...