Word: blanketing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Surrounded by adulatory crowds and a formidable blanket of security, the Pontiff begins his eleven- day tour. Proclaiming himself a pilgrim upon arrival, he closets himself for a one- on- one meeting with President Reagan, and responds carefully to the divergent voices of the American religious melting pot -- Catholic and non- Catholic alike -- that are raised as he arrives...
Tehran, the capital, is unmistakably seedy these days, but it has suffered surprisingly little damage from the war. Women in black chadors still peer into shopwindows filled with Western-style wedding dresses and lingerie. As always, automobiles choke the city, creating a blanket of smog. Near the airport, concrete walls are covered with political cartoons, some depicting America as the "Great Satan" and others attacking Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. One drawing shows Saddam's face peering out of a pot surrounded by hand grenades, and another depicts the U.S. as a skeleton clutching bombs in its hands...
...puckishness of the old Bond; others may wilt during an overlong sequence set in the Afghan desert, when the movie turns Ishtary. But Glen, Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson (Broccoli's stepson, who serves as co- screenwriter and co-producer) have wrapped a few nifty surprises in the security blanket of genre familiarity. The gasbag KGB agent is smuggled out of Czechoslovakia through the Trans-Siberian natural gas pipeline. A professional killer and a British guard stage the best kitchen fight since the gremlins got microwaved. The requisite ski chase sends Dalton and D'Abo bobsledding down the slopes...
Despite the urgency of economic concerns, only a portion of the Venice summit will be devoted to economic issues. The leaders will blanket as many pressing issues as possible. First among them will be Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's challenging proposal to remove short- and intermediate-range nuclear weapons from Europe. Other conversations will probably focus on the defense of Persian Gulf oil traffic following the attack on the U.S. frigate Stark, the international war against drugs, the fight against the AIDS virus, and terrorism...
This is a bitter war, one without rules or limits. In early April, according to the mujahedin, the Soviets used poison gas in an attack on guerrilla antiaircraft positions. Hoja Inatullah, 19, says he nearly died of asphyxiation, surviving only by wetting his blanket and breathing through it. "For four or five hours afterward, I had trouble breathing," he says. "My friends carried me to the bomb shelter, and I lay there spitting up black fluid." In such a conflict, justice can be harsh for captured invaders. Said a young guerrilla named Ismail: "We won't shoot them. Bullets...