Word: affection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...authority and getting involved have been preached over and over, and no new twists are added here. Thoreau's treatment of Williams (Karl Lampley), a runaway slave, even seems a little paternalistic, undercutting its supposed morality. Because the play's idealism is old and worn out, it does not affect one as it might have. Thoreau's story--except the sequence about the death of his brother, which is affecting--is not emotionally powerful. The play lacks the emotional or intellectual weight to make it anything more than well done and funny...
...often stinging Ortega insisted that his government "cannot continue being patient" in the face of contra "terrorism" and would "hit the contras hard." The Nicaraguan President blamed Washington's refusal to disband the contras for the resumption of fighting and hinted darkly that U.S. backing of the rebels could affect whether or not Nicaraguans go to the polls. Warned Ortega: "It's up to the U.S. whether there will be elections...
...Given the fact that you had a ballot question which generates a lot of controversy and will affect many people, and given the fact that you have three empty seats--that opens a lot of things up," said Sturges, who is a former election commissioner...
Pierce, an anti-abortion candidate, says he has not yet formed a position on how his opinions would affect public policy, but says he will answer that issue during the campaign...
...another, and at whatever cost, the earthquake damage will be repaired. The bigger question is whether the Bay Area's prosperity will be affected over the long term. Though the region's economy is still growing, at least since 1983 it has fallen behind that of the Los Angeles area, and the Bay Area has lost relative importance as a financial, insurance and manufacturing center. It is too early to tell whether the earthquake will affect that trend, especially since the Los Angeles area is equally, if not more, vulnerable to the fearsome...