Word: approach
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...manned trip to Mars, long the stuff of science fiction, now appears to be just a matter of time. The mystic planet, glowing red and ever brighter in the night skies, is heading toward its closest approach to the earth in 17 years this September, tantalizingly near and beckoning. After a hiatus of a dozen years, during which neither the U.S. nor the Soviet Union mounted missions to & Mars, a spacecraft is once again on its way, opening a new era in the exploration of the earth's closest planetary neighbor. During the next decade or so, the Soviets will...
Even proponents believe the U.S. should approach a joint effort with the Soviets in gradual steps, perhaps starting with an unmanned mission to bring back soil samples from Mars in 1998. Many, like Sagan, are convinced that the advantages of a cooperative mission would override the possible risks. Besides sharply reducing the enormous costs of going to Mars alone, such a venture, says Sagan, "would revitalize a dispirited and unraveling NASA" and provide a "coherent focus for the U.S. space program...
...foreign involvements, especially in Latin America, he rejects Reagan's "lone cowboy" approach and prefers to act in concert with allies and comply with international...
Which is not at all the same as producing something suitable for Masterpiece Theater. That is what Director Charles Sturridge and Producer Derek Granger are good at. They worked on the TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, a novel more in tune with the filmmakers' earnest approach. They are respectful, gently pruning and rearranging Waugh's plot to suit the imperatives of another medium. They have a nice taste in period decor, and they can tap the mannerly acting styles of Judi Dench, Alec Guinness, Anjelica Huston and Pip Torrens...
...corporate campaign," a strategy for shifting labor disputes from the picket line to the boardroom, he has been involved in many of the major union fights of the past decade, including the successful battles of farmworkers against Campbell soup and flight attendants against American Airlines. While supporters describe his approach as a welcome addition to strike tactics, critics attack him as a glory hound who seduces local unions into pursuing his interests -- publicity and influence over the rank and file -- rather than theirs. Whatever the judgment, in an era of union retreat, Rogers provides a rallying point for labor...