Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unlucky parachutist was Andrew Carter Thornton II, 40, a failed Kentucky lawyer turned smuggler and adventurer. He died while trying out the newest and most daring method yet of smuggling cocaine from South America to the U.S. Airplanes have long been a favored way to haul drugs, but federal authorities now use radar to track suspicious planes and keep watch on out-of-the-way airstrips. So smugglers have been trying to outwit police, and outdo James Bond, by using parachutes, night-vision goggles and radio beacons to make free-fall drops...
Carol Robinson of the advertising firm Agnew, Carter, and McCarthy, which promotes the circus's Boston shows, said that the animals parade every year simply to get from the train to the arena. This year, however, the firm decided to publicize the parade to attract a larger crowd...
...rock, both domestic (Daryl Hall) and imported (Pete Townshend, Ringo Starr). Van Zandt's original concept for a single and a dance remix has become a mini-LP of material. Among the tracks: a coruscating jazz version of Sun City by Davis, Keyboardist Herbie Hancock, Bass Player Ron Carter and Drummer Tony Williams; a free-flowing political, rhythmic stream of consciousness by Ray Barretto, Peter Wolf, Rapper Grandmaster Melle Mel and Soweto's Malopoets; and a meditation by Progressive Rock Wizard Peter Gabriel...
Executives have to be concerned that their investments could fizzle like misfired rockets. Rockwell's Beall painfully remembers how his company spent $400 million to rev up for large-scale production of the B-1 bomber, only to have the program dropped during the Carter Administration. It has been restarted under Reagan. "There is the risk that it could happen again," he says. "But in this business you have to take chances. The real risk is in not taking any risks at all." Beall believes that even if his Star Wars business goes sour, the research will lead to improvement...
Arms-control proponents were deflated by Reagan's apparent hard line. "If he means what he says," said Paul Warnke, Jimmy Carter's arms-control negotiator, "it puts an end to arms-control prospects." But there was some room for maneuvering. Though Reagan "spoke from the heart," said one White House aide, "this thing is not static. It could change between now and November...