Word: atop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when the European Community's ten foreign ministers emerged bleary-eyed from a conference room atop Brussels' Charlemagne Building. They had just cleared the way for the young Iberian democracies, Spain and Portugal, to become the eleventh and twelfth members of the Community next Jan. 1. Beyond its economic impact, the event was fraught with political significance. It helped boost the stature of the two countries' governments and anchored them more firmly in the West European camp. Declared Spanish Foreign Minister Fernando Moran: "Now we can get rid of the inferiority complex in international affairs that Spaniards often have...
...easily recognizable setting of a Moscow funeral for a head of state: Soviet citizens lined up and bundled up in what seems an eternal freeze; Chopin thudding in the background; gray-coated soldiers marching stiff legged like a row of A's; a body laid out like a doll atop a hill of red and white flowers. Familiar sites: the House of Unions, the Historical Museum, the Lenin Mausoleum. Familiar rituals: foreign dignitaries solemnly shaking hands with the new man, giving him the once-over. There is the former leader's widow, the first chance for a closer look...
...years with TIME, checked the new Politburo lineup during the televised funeral and interviewed Muscovites for their reactions to the change of leadership. Under a gray sky shimmering with tiny, faint snowflakes, and armed once again with his binoculars, Amfitheatrof watched Gorbachev, now the Soviet leader, atop the Lenin Mausoleum. "He looked somber but strikingly youthful and tough," says Amfitheatrof. But reporting on Gorbachev's accomplishments, life and health will not be Amfitheatrof's concern. He is leaving the Soviet Union for a new TIME assignment in Rome...
...beam at missiles or warheads. The mirrors would have to be gigantic, as much as 90 feet in diameter for the geosynchronous variety, and of almost unimaginable perfection; the slightest pitting or warping could cause a laser beam to scatter. Chemical lasers would need aiming mirrors (diameter: 30 ft.) atop their satellites too, and those mirrors would also have to be just about perfect. Star Wars Supporter Edward Teller considers fleets of laser satellites and orbiting mirrors too expensive to make chemical or excimer lasers practicable for missile defense...
What's more, the defeat meant the Crimson squad--which just a month ago sat atop the Ivy standings--will most likely not travel to a postseason tournament for the 40th straight year...