Word: undertook
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...interest in human rights does not constitute interference in the internal affairs of other states." In retaliation, the Kremlin denounced the new Administration and Carter personally in the strongest terms yet, stepped up a press campaign to expose human rights abuses (some real, some fancied) in the West, and undertook a new crackdown on human rights activists and other dissidents in the Soviet Union...
...would not bring defeat at re-election time. To prove his point, Oteri drew upon NORML monies to conduct a poll of Flaherty's own district in South Boston to gauge the extent of popular support for decriminalization in a reputedly conservative district. Harvard Business School students undertook the task of actually surveying these constituents and the 73 per cent figure in favor of decriminalization has produced a predictable effect in the State House. The political savvy of the poll was obvious since it was directed at perhaps the single representative who has most effectively hamstrung the progress...
...exercise of unlimited wealth can be startling when it comes to lifestyles. Los Angeles Architect David Tobin became aware of that form of exuberance two years ago when he undertook a $50,000 remodeling job for Bob Dylan. Says he: "I quickly realized that this guy had so much money that he didn't need to conform to any of the rules binding me." During his two years with Dylan, the $50,000 remodeling grew into a $2.25 million mansion. "I had to keep a straight face when Dylan said he wanted a living room he could ride...
When Cecil B. DeMille undertook to portray Jesus in his 1927 film King of Kings, he established a style of reverential spectacle that endured for decades in such religious pageants as Ben-Hur, The Robe, the remake of King of Kings, and The Greatest Story Ever Told. In recent years the interpretations have become broader. Jesus was a fierce champion of the oppressed in The Gospel According to St. Matthew, a crucified clown in Godspell, a befuddled mystic in Jesus Christ Superstar, a well-intentioned charlatan in The Passover Plot. A Danish producer is even trying to turn...
Chiang Ch'ing explained to me how, when she undertook this ballet in the early 1960s, there was absolutely no precedent for using ballet to show military history, and almost no one would support her intent to establish it. In search of approval from among the leaders, she invited Premier Chou to attend a rehearsal of an early version, which he did. The weak spots that he pointed out they changed. To educate her dancers in the ways of the military, she decided to send them down to live with a PLA unit for some months...