Word: brokenly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Suspending belief is the best way a Beirut resident can stay sane. Peace has broken out so many times, only to be shattered again, that few dared hope that the latest cease-fire would be anything more than a brief respite. "If you had told us ten years ago that we could expect a decade of war, we would have thrown up our hands," says Jana Tamer, publisher of a Middle East newsletter. "Tell us now that it will go on for another ten years, and I guess we would just shrug. We are numb...
Neither Kuwait nor Saudi Arabia, both of which have supplied Iraq with billions of dollars, made any public comment on the attacks last week. But Iraq seemed to have broken an agreement under which Baghdad would continue receiving aid for its war against Iran in return for not attacking Iranian oil shipments. Despite its poor performance, Iraq launched yet another attack two days later. This time four ships in a convoy sailing toward the Iranian port of Bandar Khomeini were hit. A 16,000-ton Greek freighter, lapetos, caught fire and had to be abandoned. When Iran sent two helicopters...
When it was broken up in January, American Telephone & Telegraph lost all its local phone companies but gained the right to invade the computer market. Last week the still giant firm (assets: $34 billion) launched its first major attack. AT&T rolled out six machines ranging from a $9,950 desktop model to a high-powered $340,000 one. Said Stephen McClellan, a data-processing industry analyst for Salomon Bros.: "A T & T's entry into computers is probably the most significant event in the industry since IBM launched its Personal Computer...
...Moreover, Canon draws raves from some professional photographers, particularly for the sharpness of its lenses. Canon also wins high marks for its field service, and its technicians are known for driving all night or hopping aboard airplanes to come to the aid of professional photographers with broken gear. In the prestige race, though, Nikon still has an edge with many professionals. Says Nikon Managing Director Hiroshi Moromisato: "We are not following the popular road...
...approached its end, a deceptive calm settled over the question. Then, during a visit to Brussels, at 3 a.m. on Dec. 13, I received the news that General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the Polish leader, had declared a "military government of national salvation," suspended the operations of Solidarity, closed the borders, broken communications with the outside world and arrested a large number of citizens. We recognized at once that, for the time being at least, martial law, rather than something worse, had been imposed upon Poland. We had known for many months what we would do in case of direct Soviet intervention...