Word: briefings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mystery facing the specialists deepened with the brief, repeated appearances on Moscow television last week of a strikingly frail Soviet Leader Konstantin Chernenko. The General Secretary, who took office in February, had vanished from public view on July 13, ostensibly to enjoy a summer vacation. He had been seen only once after that, presenting medals to three cosmonauts in a ten-minute film clip on the Sept. 6 Moscow evening news...
...staff discussions were peaceable. There was, however, one brief moment of high tension. In jest, a White House adviser suggested that a secret Kremlin summit was in the works. Said he of a debate date: "Maybe we can do it on the day we get back from Moscow." After a bewildered second or two, the Democrats chuckled. Nervously...
...fleets. Since 1981 the industry has launched seven new ships, bringing the number of luxury liners serving the U.S. to about 75. In addition, many vessels have been rebuilt to increase their capacity. This expansion has set off a fierce competition for passengers, driving down the price of a brief cruise to within the means of most pocketbooks...
...brief film career began and ended with a role as one of the witnesses in Warren Beatty's Reds, but George Seldes' other career-that of writer-has shown remarkable longevity. Seldes, who turned 94 this month and considers retirement "the dirtiest ten-letter word alive," is putting final touches on the galleys of his next book, The Great Thoughts, due out in April. Begun in 1960 after he finished his bestseller The Great Quotations, Thoughts is a compilation of highlights from the words and wisdom of the world's greatest thinkers. Tops in this cerebral hall...
...brief interview after his speech, though. Sculley said. "Maybe we won't sell Macintoshes at Harvard Business School, but we are at Stanford...