Word: exit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quickest exit from gang life is via the morgue. The surest route is a one-way ticket out of the old neighborhood. For most young gang members, that leaves no choice at all. "Just to walk away and get out? God, you may get killed," says Daniel Swope, executive director of a community group called BUILD in Chicago. "You make a commitment, and it's lifelong...
Ignoring the CCA-endorsed councillor, Walsh rose from his chair to exit the council chamber. Cyr protested that Walsh was not listening to him and asked the Independent councillor to sit down. Walsh turned to, Cyr,pointed to his empty paper cup and walked to thewater bubbler...
...backfired. The classic example is also the original one: in the mid-1970s, congressional conservatives passed the famous Jackson-Vanik amendment, which withheld MFN from the U.S.S.R. until the Kremlin agreed to let more Soviet Jews emigrate. Just to show who was boss, Leonid Brezhnev decreased the number of exit visas by two-thirds...
...this still matters, despite Perot's exit. As they are all saying now, including George Bush and Bill Clinton, your anger over our national mess is a source of political energy that should be harnessed, a message that must be heard...
...show's main weakness is pacing. Were the lines delivered slightly faster, audience members would exit smiling. The play begins rapidly enough, but slows down towards intermission...