Word: clad
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moral dilemma only deepened as the determined government of Shamir ordered yet another military crackdown. "We will increase the punishment so there is a higher price to pay for throwing stones," explained army Chief of Staff Dan Shomron. A new kind of ammunition has been introduced: a round, rubber-clad metal ball advertised as nonlethal but responsible for nearly half a dozen deaths so far this month. Soldiers are permitted to fire supposedly less lethal plastic bullets more readily, including at the backs of fleeing protesters. Stone throwers can be jailed for five years, their parents fined...
...lost my talent tomorrow, I'd say I had a great time and move on. I live for today but plan for the future." Usually surrounded by a herd of adoring friends, fans and family, Jordan is a nonstop flurry of activity. Minutes after a game, a fashionably clad Jordan heads out of the locker-room door for a few hours (and a few nonalcoholic drinks) at choice night spots...
Little has changed as yet in this impoverished land. Around Aden, a busy port where several thousand ships call each year, swarm laborers clad in sarongs and tribal headgear. The nation comes close to feeding itself but its searing bone-dry desert climate offers little room for agricultural expansion. Except for a 1950s Chinese-built textile mill and an old refinery, there is little manufacturing. Much of the country is pitifully underemployed...
...ordinary Christmas greetings, one card is sure to stand out: the Yuletide message sent by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford to celebrate her first year in office. Mailed to friends, journalists and fellow government officials across the country, Mofford's missive is a caricature of herself as a toga-clad Goddess of Liberty perched atop the state capitol dome. In recent years the beehive-coiffed Governor, 66, has sent out similar cards showing herself as Uncle Sam, Santa Claus and even Mae West. If the practice catches on among Governors, next Christmas may bring portraits of George Deukmejian as Plato...
...trial took place in the town hall of the 14th Arrondissement. Actors clad in costumes played spectators, witnesses, judges and, of course, the King. Only the lawyers for both sides wore modern clothes -- time travelers of sorts. The defense attorney was Jacques Verges, well known for another unpopular case: last year he was chief counsel for former SS Commander Klaus Barbie, "the Butcher of Lyons," who was convicted of crimes against humanity during the Nazi occupation. Verges' spirited argument last week, that Louis XVI was a victim of circumstances, fared better...