Word: bettereds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their car neared the river on Eureka Avenue in Wyandotte, a Detroit suburb, DeLisle complained of leg cramps. He backed the car away from the street's dead end, stopped to buy some crackers and said he felt better. Shortly before 9:20 p.m., he drove toward the river again. Suddenly DeLisle felt a cramp in his right leg, which stiffened, jamming his foot against the accelerator. As he tried to hit the brake with his left foot, his shoe wedged between the pedal and the accelerator. Frantically, Suzanne grabbed for the ignition key and gearshift to stop the speeding...
...pamphlet on FAS before they can obtain a marriage license. Beginning in November, liquor bottles will carry a cigarette-style & warning label advising women that alcohol and pregnancy do not mix. But for women who are addicted to alcohol, the need to drink often overcomes caution and reason. Until better ways are found to identify and treat alcoholics, they will continue to inflict a devastating toll on their children...
...Reagan Administration, the brass knuckles were passed to George Shultz and Caspar Weinberger. There is a Washington adage: where you stand is where you sit. As the nation's chief diplomat, Shultz naturally pressed for better relations with the U.S.S.R., while Weinberger, who was responsible for the military establishment, preferred to wage the cold war and to prepare, if necessary, for World War III. But the hostility between them ran deeper than the competing interests of their departments. Weinberger apparently resented having been a subordinate to Shultz earlier...
...zoos have therefore taken on a role as educators that dwarfs that of any other "recreational" institution. Whole public school systems are redesigning their science curriculums to take advantage of local exhibits, for what better biology classroom could there be than a swamp or a rain forest? The newest facilities, such as the Living World in St. Louis, include state- of-the-art computer technology that turns a simple menagerie into a cross between a laboratory and a video arcade...
Loosening restrictions on Soviet citizens' access to foreign currencies is not just another glasnost gambit. If the Soviet Union hopes to feed itself, it must find ways of getting its moribund farming sector to perform better. Notes a senior Western diplomat: "If they could import goods from a Sears catalog, that might be a pretty good incentive...