Word: proving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many small moments of decency, charity, humor and hope. He moves the 35 performers with cinematic grace and achieves great variety during a middle hour consisting largely of moving a rattletrap truck back and forth. The ordeal of the Joads remains evocative of its era, yet Steinbeck's themes prove contemporary: the vulnerability of unskilled labor, the soul-destroying impact of poverty and homelessness, the ease with which the rich and powerful subvert law enforcement to their own ends. The Joads pride themselves on being scrappers, but in this conflict they never have a chance...
...case of nerves has been confined mostly to Tokyo, but the anxiety could prove contagious; in the interconnected global economy, a downturn in Japan would tend to drag down other countries as well. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones average fell 37 points last week, to close at 2704.28, reflecting concern that bearish Japanese investors could pull back on their U.S. holdings. The Japanese Finance Minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto, declared on Friday that he was "extremely concerned" about the drop of the Tokyo market and the yen, which has fallen 7% against the dollar since mid-February. At week...
...path to peace will be thoroughly mined by a Cabinet laden with extremists. Should both leaders be unsuccessful and Israelis have to return to the polls, another parliamentary deadlock is expected. The fourth option, which has already been suggested by former Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, a Laborite, may prove the least desirable: the formation of yet another government of national unity...
...same time, he took to painting in series: the same image over and over again. Why so many versions? The reasons are complex, as the motives of any great artist are, but one was his desire to prove the ordering power of impressionism, its ability to set forth infinite discriminations of experience. How many times can you see the same thing and find it different? Monet's serial paintings look for an answer...
...former drug dealer, Danny is the prime suspect in the murder of Lauren's lover, Dr. Tohlson, who has found a way to use fetal tissue to preserve youth. To prove his innocence, Danny embarks on a journey through the culture of Southern California, where fast sex, fast cars (with cellular phones) and fast money pass for the Trinity. He meets the Uber-twins, Boyd and Lloyd, Tohlson's guinea pigs, as stupid as they are strong. There is also Cubanito, a drug dealer who hates the sloppiness of killing and reads FORTUNE so that he can diversify...