Word: brew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interventions in the natural order, none is accelerating quite so alarmingly as the creation of chemical compounds. Through their genius, modern alchemists brew as many as 1,000 new concoctions each year in the U.S. alone. At last count, nearly 50,000 chemicals were on the market. Many have been an undeniable boon to mankind, mitigating pain and disease, prolonging life for millions and expanding the economy in myriad ways by stimulating the creation of new products. There is, however, a price to pay for an industrial society that has come to rely so heavily on chemicals: almost...
...much a gathering of journalists as of politicians. TIME'S 13 correspondents on hand include several who have spent months scrutinizing the 1980 race, among them Laurence Barrett, who has covered Reagan since January, Walter Isaacson, who reported on last week's G.O.P. platform hearings, and Douglas Brew, who had followed the George Bush campaign. TIME also fielded a team of ten photographers, led by Picture Editor Arnold Drapkin...
...than anyone else to catching Reagan, retreated quickly after his campaign to his summer home in Maine. There he revved up his 270-h.p. speedboat and raced over the waves at 40-knot speeds, as if fleeing the memory of his defeat. In an interview with TIME Correspondent Douglas Brew, Bush admitted: "I'm still a little grumpy. I just don't want to talk about it yet. It's too soon. I'm sorting out what the hell I'll do with my life...
...theft problem. Auto parts, grease, rope, felt boots, heavy overcoats and other items in short supply for civilians are smuggled off base to nearby villages and sold or bartered for liquor. Soviet soldiers are as adept as their counterparts elsewhere in the world at concocting an alcoholic brew from such unusual sources as after-shave lotion, brake fluid, plane deicer and even shoe polish...
...myself nor my company has made any contribution of this kind. It is unfortunate that unknown persons seeking to malign our company and injure our reputation have taken this dishonorable way of turning thousands of good friends against us.," The editor replies: "I'm hip--it's a good brew...