Word: louder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crowds of curious civilians blocked the highway and forced us to park the car about a mile from the firefight. The faces of the onlookers revealed a nervous excitement rather than fear. As we walked further down the road, the sound of machine gun fire became louder, but to our surprise the crowd did not thin. The multitude of people offered us a sense of security, so we kept on moving towards the battle...
...forever vulnerable without seeming stupid. As the buttoned-down businessman who takes up with her, says he can forgive her slightly checkered past and then finds he cannot, Ken Land is more likable and believable than his Broadway counterpart. As a result, what is virtually an identical show plays louder, faster and funnier -- to cite Centenarian Director George Abbott's hallowed instructions to performers -- and also seems more true. It is as bubbly and brisk and bittersweet as Broadway, at home or on the road, is always supposed...
...area is the debate louder than over issues of sexuality and morals. There was a national uproar last year, for example, when a bill was introduced to unify a patchwork of laws covering sex and pornography. One of the legislation's provisions triggered particular anger: lowering the age of consent from 16 to twelve years of age. Church leaders and parents were outraged, and the Dutch Cabinet quickly killed the proposed...
...painting a vivid picture of ghetto hopelessness. So totally did he capture his listeners, however, that their approval punctuated the meticulous cadence of his clincher: "And these are not someone else's children. They are our children. ((Applause begins.)) America's children. ((More applause.)) Blood of our blood. ((A louder ripple.)) Heart of our soul." This was Biden at his best, the impassioned idealist displaying the soaring rhetoric that has become his trademark...
Hart's political demise raises questions about the qualities a leader needs. A leader accepts responsibility for his errors and does not whine when the press exposes the truth. A leader does not avoid a fight if he believes he is right. He realizes that actions speak louder than words and that voters / will judge him by his deeds. Did the media cause Hart's downfall? No, because he never was a leader...