Word: without
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...began research on the suit early last summer, framed and filed the complaint without the aid of a lawyer. "We asked some people for advice, but it was basically our own case," Wieder said...
...name of democracy and freedom, which we took upon ourselves to defend anywhere in the world, America found itself mired in the tropical hell of Vietnam--fighting a war with no strategy beyond slaughtering as many Viet Cong as possible, deploying awesomely lethal and destructive technology but without the will to wield it effectively. The war was run by "four star clowns fighting in a four star circus" as Colonel Kurz bitterly notes at the film...
...until very recently, simple technical problems stood in the way of decent opera films. Movie theater sound systems couldn't deliver the dynamic range of operatic performances without unbearable distortion; directors didn't know how to dub singing voices convincingly; the acting of singers showed embarassing flaws under the close scrutiny of the movie camera. Joseph Losey's Don Giovanni is remarkable not because it records a worthy performance--it's rifled with musical problems of evert sort--but because it solves the worst of the artistic problems that have kept opera off the screen. With any luck future directors...
...point in firm, measured tones. As he pauses for emphasis, a student heckler interrupts to ask a pointed question. Silber whips his head around and shuts the student up with an ice-cold stare and a reminder that it is he, Silber, who is holding the press conference. Then, without losing pace, Silber plunges back into his statement, speaking in those same firm tones...
...immediate situation, the U.S.A. is partially responsible and should dialogue in the interests of everyone concerned without creating additional victimization of the innocent. Georges Thierry de Dreyer, MTS The Divinty School