Word: bravely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...believe that the nation and the world are ready for a new Hula Hoop era." Venturing that brave prediction is Barry Shapiro, 39, executive vice president and general manager of the Wham-O Mfg. Co., the San Gabriel, Calif., toy and sporting-goods maker that introduced the hoop in 1958. During a slightly mad six-month period 25 years ago, as many as 120 million hoops were sold around the world. A 1967 version called the Shoop-Shoop Hula Hoop was filled with ballbearings to make a swishing sound. It briefly sparked renewed interest, but failed to reignite...
...which recall bygone days of steamships sailing away for distant shores "Steamer," copyrighted by John Scott Sherrill last year, is a hauntingly sad reminiscence of lost love in a setting of crowds seeing a ship off at the dock. The imagery evokes the streamers, balloons, straw boaters and brave smiles known to us children of the 1960s only through black-and-white movies. But the romance, sorrowful though it may be, is there...
SEVERAL YEARS BACK, a certain Harvard College freshmen made the brave decision to abandon his past and find himself for real. He looked first among campus singing groups but soon left to try crew, where he was assessed as something less than Olympic material. The obvious next step? Set design. Within a few months this persistent fellow if it big on the House drama circuit, and his first major production was to have been the annual Law School show...
...either Sharon or Shamir. When asked about the proposal last week, an aide to the Prime Minister remarked: "That's General Sharon's own theory. It's not Begin's opinion. One can say that Begin admires King Hussein and believes he's a brave man and he is able to survive. Begin thinks the P.L.O. is a source of trouble wherever it is." Neither does Washington give much credence to the Sharon plan. "Farfetched," said a U.S. intelligence official, adding: "It's hard to imagine how you get the P.L.O. from Lebanon into...
BECAUSE HE DEVOTES the bulk of Truth . . . And Consequences to tracing the wins and losses of the seven heroes who spoke their minds, Mitchell can never pinpoint precisely why so few Americans are brave enough to speak out. However, citing a recent trend towards making more government officials accountable for their actions, the author optimistically notes...