Word: cores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Critchley, found that few researchers had scrutinized contemporary accounts and public records. Their own examination unearthed appalling evidence of police ineptitude: "As the story developed it became clear that the system of 1811 had done no more than pronounce a confident, convenient and ghoulish judgment . . . while leaving the core of the Ratcliffe Highway murders wrapped in continuing mystery." The murders are commonly attributed to John Williams, a seaman who died by hanging while in police custody. James and Critchley make a compelling case for his innocence, finger a probable alternative villain and suggest that Williams' death in jail may also...
Most important, Buchanan is in sync with Ronald Reagan's core convictions. The President's State of the Union address in early February, with its embrace of family, freedom and free enterprise, showed Buchanan's hand. He was able to overcome the objections of White House pragmatists who urged that the speech be more programmatic and less ideological. (Purists allied with Buchanan derisively refer to Regan's more moderate staffers as "Twinkies" and "the mice...
...founder of the outlawed Communist Party, took steps to replace local officials loyal to her predecessor and asked for the resignations of Marcos' judges. Aquino found that she could not please all of the people all of the time. The military opposed her decision to free the hard-core rebels, and leftists complained because she had not freed everyone earlier. Meanwhile, Marcos supporters accused her of acting arbitrarily in ousting local officials...
...Astronomer Fred Whipple, 79, another American who journeyed to Moscow, the image was further confirmation of his 1950 "dirty snowball" theory, which holds that a comet has a small, solid core of ice and dust. "The fact that the comet's image came out with a bright center shows we were seeing the nucleus," he said. "If that were simply dust, we wouldn't see the irregularities...
...performance needs major repairs if it is to be called true entertainment. If you're interested in something exciting, stay home. But if you'll settle for the merely average give it a shot. It might be a kind of play that appeals to the masses--mediocre to the core...