Word: armed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Symphony in the background, Chernenko went up to Andropov's widow, kissed her and touched her gently on the shoulder. When Ustinov embraced the late Soviet leader's son, Igor broke into sobs. As he covered his face with his hand, other Politburo members reached over to touch his arm. A Westerner who joined thousands of mourners later in the day summed up the mood as he walked from the hall between honor guards standing stiffly at attention: "An austere life, an austere death...
...various symptoms Andropov displayed during his last appearances in public in mid-August?trembling hands, uneven gait, difficulty in getting out of his chair?were caused by muscle weakness brought on by diabetes and the kidney problems. The stiffness that observers detected in the Soviet leader's left arm was due to the repeated use of that arm for dialysis...
...those five interlaced rings, the stirring 70-year-old symbol of Olympic unity and international brotherhood. Not quite. Look closer. The three uppermost circles have been transformed into the letters a, b, c, and they are linked arm in arm with the lower two. ABC's logotype for the Sarajevo Games is more than just clever corporate iconography; it symbolizes the union between television and the Olympics, a continuing love affair between technology and the athletes it covers. It is a match made in advertising heaven and the visionary mind of Roone Arledge, the president of ABC News...
...into space to date. It features a full agenda of experiments, including one intriguing test devised by a high school student to see if zero-g can relieve the agony of arthritic rats in a mid-deck cage. The astronauts will operate the shuttle's sinewy remote-controlled arm, using it to lift out into space a German-built platform known as SPAS (for Shuttle Pallet Satellite), which is loaded with scientific instruments. More significant, they are slated for a two-day game of tag with a 6½-ft.-diameter Mylar balloon. As the sphere drifts...
...sounds. In zero-g, obtaining leverage is exasperatingly difficult. For example, in using a screwdriver, an astronaut is as likely to twist as the screw. While they are working on SPAS, the astronauts will hook their feet in a restraint attached to the end of the remote-controlled arm...