Word: coverings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kaveh Golestan, David Burnett and Cathy Leroy−faced equal hazards. They managed to work themselves into the embattled U.S. embassy under heavy fire. Golestan, holding a burning piece of paper under his nose to ward off the effects of tear gas, also reported on the attack for the cover story...
With all the shooting, it was impossible to tell exactly where the bullets came from or who was aiming at whom. Meanwhile, everyone was running for cover, ducking in sewer canals, behind trees and cars. As I ran, I saw someone hoist the wounded man over his shoulders and carry him back out the gate...
...profile of Paper Chase Author John J. Osborn Jr.. an examination of nepotism in small law firms, a report on the lawyer boom in Atlantic City). Inside are more dryly technical columns on such subjects as taxation and computer use. "We are a balanced paper." says Finkelstein. "We cover both law and lawyers...
...interviews as well as poignant glimpses of her own life, Friday has portrayed a pessimistic, almost Portnoy-in-reverse picture: it is so extraordinarily difficult for daughters to break their mothers' possessive bonds. Since its appearance in 1977, the book has sold 250,000 copies in hard-cover and an even more astonishing 2 million in paperback. A onetime editor and freelancer, Friday has become a favorite of the lecture circuit and TV talk shows...
...continue to glitter until a stable and acceptable monetary substitute can be found. In theory, there is nothing wrong with continuing to use the dollar as the world's primary currency for international trading and holdings of national reserves. But the U.S. has printed so much money to cover federal budget deficits, and has run such big balance of payments deficits, that as many as $700 billion in greenbacks are swirling like confetti through the money markets of Europe and the Far East...