Word: ah
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gemayel's murder, the Israeli occupation of West Beirut and the massacre, however, are nasty indeed. They strengthen doubts among the Arabs about the ability of the U.S. to get Israel to make any concession whatsoever, and thus redouble Arab hesitancy about bargaining. Says Foreign Minister Kamal Hassan Ah of Egypt, the only Arab state that has diplomatic relations with Israel: "You cannot start negotiations when the Israelis are occupying an Arab capital." Still, the swift, outraged worldwide reaction to the massacre might pressure Israel into pulling out of Beirut sooner than it had wished...
...Breathalyzer test, the same one given to Wisconsin's automobile drivers. In Madison, it seems, some stiff fines may soon await stiff skateboarders. While critics of the proposed crackdown say that nobody can ride a skateboard while drunk, it appears that some young people have been trying their, ah, level best...
...woman spa. Observes Eileen Ford, who runs her own top agency in New York City: "Models used to look fragile, plucking their eyebrows and wearing pancake makeup. God, they looked terrible! Now I get girls in here who are so fit they've got legs like Muhammad Ah'. That's not ideal either, but it's part of the '80s look: a firm body, healthy hair and skin, and a look of serene determination in the eyes. Today, health is beauty. You can't have one without the other...
...Lakes are not complaining, perhaps because a 12-ft. concrete wall screens Paradise from outside scrutiny. Says Bischoff, a former lay Christian minister: "I get up in the morning, take a shower, dry off, comb my hair and go to work. I never could have imagined it." Ah, paradise...
Women's lib it was called then, short for liberation, of course, but unconsciously, closer to women's lip, with all attendant condescending connotations ("Ah shut up, I've had enough of your ..."). It was tough to be called a libber, even if you took pride in the politics, and those at first were mean. They were the politics of long frustration and new anger, and it was men who took the heat: as repressive husbands, lackadaisical fathers, selfish sex partners, exclusionary businessmen, blind-sided artists and perpetrators of a patriarchy that had to be overthrown. Even Shakespeare...