Word: behinds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...onset of the '80s, Don Henley was sitting behind the drums of the Eagles, a colossally successful Los Angeles band with a lot of hits behind it and a future of guaranteed disintegration. There was a fair portion of intramural rivalry among band members. There was also a sense, even among the group's fans, that the Eagles' sound -- smooth melodies and often aseptic lyrics that took listeners on a twilight tour of the Hotel California -- might be about played...
...between India and Pakistan. Just as well: he was stranded by a blizzard at a military camp 17,400 ft. up. Later, during an artillery exchange, Nickelsberg tried to dash to a better position only to discover that the thin air made it "nearly impossible to run." The rigors behind him, Nickelsberg sent back the first combat pictures seen in the West of this little-known conflict...
...Soviet policeman. They weren't even Levi's 501s, they were the kind with the zipper, but that's not why I was arrested. It was a setup, designed to scare a 16-year-old and his 20 teenage fellow travelers into behaving for the remainder of their summer behind the Iron Curtain. And scare me it did, though the authorities allowed me to rejoin my group after a few hours of interrogation...
...Stevens' house between 1981 and 1985, paints a different picture. "He was very bizarre," says Caruso. She moved out of the house soon after discovering bullet holes in Stevens' room. According to Caruso, Stevens had a collection of mannequins, X-rated videos, videotaping equipment and a secret room hidden behind a moving bookcase. Caruso and her boyfriend, she recalls, used to joke that Stevens was the Green River killer. One day she even asked Stevens about it. "Don't start that rumor," he reportedly answered. "People around here think I'm weird enough...
...share responsibility by joining the Communist Party in a coalition government. But first he must get his own allies in line. Without a rival candidate, Jaruzelski required only a simple majority to be elected, a sure thing if all 299 Deputies belonging to the Communist coalition threw their weight behind him. The final count showed that eleven Communist alliance Deputies had broken ranks and that the general owed his election to maneuvering by a handful of Solidarity deputies...