Word: ax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...making a trio of police dramas (Tony Rome, The Detective, Lady in Cement), and here he is, at 64, back in the N.Y.P.D. to solve one last crime before retirement. A whitecollar, black-leather maniac named Blank (David Dukes) is on the loose in Manhattan with an ice ax and too much spare time. Because the murders have been committed in different parts of town, the harried police captain offers Sergeant Edward X. Delaney (Sinatra) no help in cracking the case. The old campaigner must catch the slick psycho...
...Congress. A Julie Andrews lookalike, Martin is a former public school teacher in Rockford who was elected a county commissioner in 1971, a state representative in 1976, and a state senator in 1978. Her hard-driving interest in cutting the state budget caused colleagues to nickname her "the Ax...
Typically, Meese belittles his influence on Reagan. "The thing I contribute is straight information, even when it is bad news, because I have no ax to grind," he explains. When he does take issue with Reagan, it is often in private, and only when he is convinced that his argument can help Reagan avoid political injury. A careful observer of the moods of his boss, he knew Reagan was restive under all the advice to select George Bush as his running mate. Meese maintained his silence, then finally urged Reagan to keep his options open. Reagan did just that...
...tennis hats to berets and chef's caps. Crimson band member Meg Ziegler said about last Friday's battle of the bands in the Yard, "When they started playing Santana we knew we were out of our league." Stanford's halftime show, "Brief History of American Violence," featured an ax formation in honor of Lizzie Borden, and S&M formation, and one of Sid V., a tribute to the Sex Pistols. Music such as "Satisfaction" and "It Don't Come Easy" accompanied the notorious "She's Not There" by Santana. Joe Doucette, Stanford alumni back for a guest appearance with...
...billion next fiscal year, $64 billion to $92 billion in 1985. This would be accomplished, says Reagan, primarily by ending "waste, extravagance, abuse and outright fraud in federal agencies and programs." He gave no examples of how he would wield the knife, nor did he promise to ax any programs outright-not even social welfare projects he has inveighed against in the past. The hold-down would be achieved despite an increase of at least 5% a year, adjusted for inflation, in military spending that Reagan contends is needed to "restore our defenses...