Word: canalization
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...disappointments in Williams' life have not been small. He lost his wife to a brain tumor four years ago, ten days short of their first anniversary. Symbolic little barriers were blocking his way right up to game time. On Super Bowl eve he endured three hours of root-canal dental work. And as the first quarter was closing in a 10-0 Denver rush, Williams' left leg crumpled; Schroeder entered for two plays. Although wobbling like a table, Williams was back for the first snap of the second quarter and for the remarkable 17 offensive plays that followed. All told...
History has traveled the alimentary canal forever. George Washington worried in his very first days as President in 1789 about how to hold official dinners, so important a part of stewardship did he consider the evening ritual. Power was dispensed in the evening at the table, reasoned John Adams, just as it was during...
...ornate halls of the Kremlin to the small, simple rooms of the White House is apt to please him. He does not like ostentation. So the Reagan folks will ply their important visitor with plain native dishes like Maryland crab and pumpkin pie. CIA analysts believe Gorbachev's alimentary canal can handle even Reagan's favorite, macaroni and cheese. But will he be able to digest the Prince of Darkness, Richard Perle, who is scheduled to attend the state dinner? In Geneva, Gorbachev cooled at the sight of Perle, the former Assistant Secretary of Defense and a powerful skeptic about...
...occupies one of five permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council, the Soviet Union has long been one of the U.N.'s pickier dues payers. Moscow has consistently refused to ante up for special operations that it opposed politically, starting with a peacekeeping force at the Suez Canal in 1956. But last week the Soviets announced that they will mop up their red ink, paying a total of $197 million in outstanding debts owed for peacekeeping operations in the Middle East dating back to 1975. Moscow's check will erase its current IOUs, but not its historical ones...
...Well," said Willie, freshening up his cup with a jolt of hootch. "He said he thought the Egyptians had a right to the Suez Canal...