Word: blend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...might have been expected, the French, who tend to be connoisseurs of other nations' foibles, provided the most piquant blend of sneering and scolding. "Since the arrival of the pilgrim fathers," said Le Monde in a front-page editorial, "America has never truly settled its account with sin. The old Puritan heritage periodically surges forth from the collective memory, invading the national life and upsetting the political game. But over time, these resurgences of prudery have grown in cruelty, bordering today on the absurd...
...Evening of Jazz-with Hal Russell and the NRG Ensemble. An evening of powerful free jazz with an irresistable blend of humor and ecclectic references. At the Institute of Contemporary Art. Call 266-5152 on weekdays, or 266-5153 on weekends. Thursday...
...speech, and Americans only rarely catch glimpses of the professor's face on television. But Bush's stunning redirection of America's defense priorities last week was the triumph of one of Washington's last druids, a 66-year-old son of a wholesale grocer, who with a blend of self-effacement, crisis management and historical imagination has become the main architect of George Bush's foreign policy...
...dance number that redubs Tommy Tune's somber, doomy Grand Hotel as Grim Hotel. Or a patter song to the tune of Brush Up Your Shakespeare, in which I Hate Hamlet star Nicol Williamson celebrates the joys of humbling his co-stars. This sort of humor -- a cunning blend of insiderish wit and broad clowning -- has made Forbidden Broadway an institution. Since 1982 it has played off-Broadway, enjoying the goodwill and legal cooperation of the very creators it spoofs, and has spawned a national tour and satellite troupes from Los Angeles to London. In the new, eighth edition, everyone...
Aesthetic faults aside, Tsongas does put forth an interesting blend of ideas. A liberal on most social issues, he has made a call for economic competitiveness based on public-private partnerships the mainstay of his campaign...