Word: visioning
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...live in a global community by shirking our duties to the United Nations. We owe a huge monetary debt to the U.N., we have recently rejected the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and we have repeatedly refused to contribute troops to UN peacekeeping missions. Let's get over our vision of the U.S. as an island separated from the rest of the world; we should, and we must participate in these issues of global security...
...attracts more than a smattering of people beyond its core fan base. But whereas a sport can thrive on a small but dedicated set of adherents, theater is apt to die from such a situation. Perhaps die is too strong a word, for this death depends on one's vision of the function of theater. If theater is to function strictly as a form of entertainment then it doesn't really matter whether you're entertaining the same 20 people or a different 200 people every week. If theater is strictly a form of self-expression, then again the size...
...Vision is one of Onie's most unique qualities, says Adolescent Resource Center Coordinator Allison A. Young...
...pull of audiences to Roman Empire epics--stories about palace sex, political backstabbing and violent raids are as today as the Clinton Administration. Of course Ridley Scott, whose only big hit was the 1979 Alien but who directed influential films such as Blade Runner and Thelma & Louise, possessed the vision and stamina to bring a complex story to screen life. And you bet Russell Crowe has the thoughtful, coiled danger, the unfakable maleness to become one of Hollywood's most wanted actors. He simply needed a showcase as grand as this...
...difference between the Yeltsin and Putin eras, however, may be in the way post-communist Russia relates to the West. Where Yeltsin tendered the begging bowl and was prepared to mortgage Moscow's big-power status to secure financial bailouts, Putin has drawn a line in the sand. His vision may be capitalist, but the new president's security doctrine suggests a more hostile or competitive relationship with the West than his predecessor's. And with Washington currently seized with enthusiasm for missile defense, that may even translate into a new nuclear arms race. Clinton-era conventional wisdom held that...