Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Alfonsin's latest headaches began on Oct. 22, when he ordered the arrests of six military officers and six civilians on charges of right-wing subversion. The men, he claimed, acted "with a common aim of violence against democratic institutions and the people." What resulted was the spectacle of a revolving prison door. Before all twelve suspects could be rounded up, a judge pronounced the arrests unconstitutional and ordered the release of those who had been detained. Alfonsin replied by proclaiming a state of siege, suspending for 60 days all constitutional guarantees against arbitrary arrest. Again several of the suspects...
What do yeast, egg white and fish glue have in common? They are ingredients of some wines, though a customer would not realize it from reading the labels on the bottles. Thinking that people should know what they are drinking, Federal Judge John Pratt ruled in Washington last week that beer, wine and liquor manufacturers must begin revealing ingredients by April...
...grew up in the shabby Corona section of Queens. Israel gleefully supplies many more humble details, but Lauder gives what is probably the most important one: as a child, little Josephine Esty Mentzer was ashamed of her parents' shaky English and "their old-country ways." That too is a common strand in the American success saga. People who go back to the Corona days remember a pretty, lively girl with "gorgeous, gorgeous" skin. From the time Esty decided that something might be done with Uncle John's skin formulas, she worked tirelessly behind cramped counters, in the waiting rooms...
...some analysts that the Philippines could go the way of Iran. Ambassador Bosworth dismisses the possibility, arguing that Filipinos, unlike Iranians, support "change through elections." Also, there is no mass movement in the Philippines that parallels Iran's Fundamentalist Muslim wave. Marcos, analysts say, has only one thing in common with the Shah: a fear that Washington may pull the plug on an old friend. The Reagan Administration has thus far held firm to its strategy of coaxing reforms from Marcos by rewarding steps toward moderation. Given the mounting resistance both on Capitol Hill and in the streets of Manila...
...fourth roommate, Ellen L. Cox, then came out of her bedroom and saw a stranger standing in the common room. She said he asked for John Stubbs, a Weld proctor, and then left...