Word: cocoon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with Nikita Khrushchev in 1961 he was full of stories about the Soviets' possible intrigue, from smuggling a small atom bomb into the attic of their Washington embassy to monitoring his calls from the White House. How should the U.S. counter it? Kennedy was asked. Go into a protective cocoon? No, he replied, if we did that we would soon be like them. There probably was no answer, he insisted, until the Soviets changed...
NATURAL history tells the story of a rare insect that lays eggs in a single cocoon; the young, emerging from their shells, eat one another until, like a Democratic presidential candidate emerging after the primaries, only one of the murderous brood is left to see the light...
...lights go down in Manhattan's deco dream palace, Radio City Music Hall, and Mr. Showmanship makes his entrance, flying across the huge stage in a cocoon of feathers, enough for a whole flock of purple ostriches. Did we hear someone say "Peter Pansy"? Go on and laugh. He doesn't care; he knows you'll soon be laughing with him. Perhaps by the first-act finale. A gigantic Statue of Liberty mock-up stands in center stage holding a candelabrum. Thirty-six Rockettes perform their automated scissors kick. Skyrockets flare on the back scrim. And then Glitter Beau Peep...
...Winkle. Two old train robbers, stylishly played by Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, are let out of jail and are forced to confront the changes -- everything from light beer to gay bars -- that have occurred during the 30 years they were penned up. Partly the tale is Cocoon with cojones. The ) two old poops take an even harder line with the young people who want them to act their age than the retirees in last year's film did. Mostly, though, Tough Guys is a lot of fun, particularly when Eli Wallach, as a furious, nearsighted...
...common bond through which to exchange ideas. How can this be accomplished if there is no common language? Those who shelter the immigrant from learning English by creating a multilingual society are the ones who are creating a xenophobic atmosphere. They allow the immigrant to surround himself with a cocoon of language from which he cannot escape and which others cannot penetrate...