Word: easier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Polish-born American, I want to add to your analysis of Chernenko. The new leader has a round face, indicating a stubbornness that is typical of a Russian peasant. In spite of this, people from this background are easier to negotiate with and to handle. They are emotional, honest and, if properly approached, rational. In contrast to Chernenko, Yuri Andropov had the profile of a Western intellectual, and this image initially misled the world. There is no mask on Chernenko...
Needless to say, the one-day primary should be accompanied by reforms, in order to rejuvenate fully the American electoral process. These reforms include stricter limits on candidates' spending, government subsidies for candidates' basic exposure needs, abolition of thresholds for delegate selection, simpler registration procedures, and easier-to-understand ballots...
...There's nothing easier than to do nothing," said Professor of Law Gerald E. Frugg, in a short address from the steps of Mass Hall. "We are all doing something here...
...leads an eclectic existence: he lives in Paris, lectures on musical phenomenology at Mainz University and conducts the Munich Philharmonic. The Philharmonic, which he will bring to the U.S. next year, grants him between ten and 18 rehearsals for each program; U.S. orchestras generally allow four. He is no easier on the young American students than he is on professional musicians. Through 17 rehearsals he painstakingly explores every bar without the use of a score, allowing no detail to escape his attention. "How many bars in the new tempo do you have?" he demands of an errant celesta player...
These days, people are looking for more formal styles from the '40s and '50s, according to Crosby. "Contemporary designers keep reverting to the older styles--the '20s, '30s, and '40s," she says. Clothes from the '60s are less expensive and easier to come by, she says--"They're mod and not quite as classic...