Word: blush
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...truism of presidential politics that unless the nation is at war or a candidate is courting the egghead vote, stressing foreign policy is not the road to the White House. But 1988, at first blush, may be an exception. Perhaps it is because this is the one arena where the candidates are not frightened of Reagan's shadow. The voters seem interested as well, peppering the candidates with detailed questions on everything from glasnost to the gulf...
Sunday, Aug. 16, 5 a.m. The faithful arrived on the shores of the Atlantic. At Sagaponack Beach on Long Island, N.Y., they spread their blankets, then sat down, crossed their legs, closed their eyes, lifted palms upward and waited intently for the sunrise. With the first blush of light across the horizon, the throng unleashed a high-velocity "oommm" that rivaled a swarm of yellow jackets...
...struck by the time warp. Outside, the 20th century is petering out; in here, it's just getting warmed up. Enormous white tents suspended high over the dancers are lighted to blush pink. On the floor are some real hotshots. They samba, mambo, rhumba, tango, fox-trot, lindy, peabody and what can only be called, in street language, get down! It's like an eternal prom...
...first blush Gorbachev's latest offer seemed to be a major concession to the U.S. But the fine print contained some troubling details. The Soviets still insist that any INF elimination of shorter-range ballistic missiles must apply to 72 aging German-owned Pershing IAs now deployed in West Germany. Because West Germany is barred from having nuclear weapons, these missiles are tipped with U.S.-controlled nuclear warheads. To go along with Gorbachev's proposal, the U.S. would have to scuttle plans to replace the obsolescent Pershing IAs with more capable, shorter-range versions of the Pershing II. The conversion...
...writes British Travel Writer Jan Morris in a valentine to New York City in 1945 that might make even Allen blush. Back then, she reports, young men returned from war victorious and well-mannered; the first thing they asked for when they disembarked was milk. Half the earth's races huddled together in picturesque, cheek-by-jowl harmony. The subways, "awful and astonishing in about equal measure," cost only a nickel to ride. Grover Whalen, a flamboyant Irishman with a flower in his lapel, was glad-handing the visiting firemen as the city's official greeter, while saturnine Robert Moses...