Word: atop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...such detailed analysis can be applied to Jimmy Carter. He came in his glistening Marine helicopter through a clear and soft Rome night last week to start his new European adventure, settling in the shadows of the Quirinale Palace, which sits atop the highest of the Eternal City's seven hills, a panorama of enduring dignity and beauty...
...features a ghastly humanoid with a metal carapace who blackmails the superintendent of an apartment house into letting him live in the elevator. Acting with Stalinist guile, the steel bird takes over the entire building and its tenants. The structure soon collapses; the creature is left to roost triumphantly atop the elevator shaft, surveying the debris...
...What started it all? The Martial Law Command blamed it on 'hooligans and impure elements,' a reference to Communists and their sympathizers. Kwangju is not without some Communists. In fact I saw a red flag atop at least one commandeered army truck, the first I have ever seen in a land where Communism is outlawed. But I saw no signs of provocateurs or organized hooliganism. What I did see was an impending danger: with the youthful protesters stockpiling weapons, and troops encircling the city, Kwangju could turn into a bloodbath...
Ever since he presented his national energy plan in April 1977, Jimmy Carter has been arguing that coal is the fuel of the future for the U.S. The Saudi Arabia of coal, America sits atop 25% of the world's known reserves of the black rock. The President's 1977 plan called for a 75% jump in production by 1985 to 1.2 billion tons annually. Yet as of last year output had climbed to only 770 million tons, and the National Coal Association estimates that the industry will produce only 972 million tons by 1985. Now, at long...
...gets his jollies by disguising himself as famous movie bad guys and bumping people off. While emulating Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death, he pushes an aunt down a flight of stairs. As James Cagney in White Heat!, he machine-guns a Hollywood producer. Then comes the grand finale atop Graumann's Chinese Theater, but that's another story. Says Christopher of his role reversal from All-American boy to cinema psychopath: "I don't intend to make a career of playing villains...