Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been six U.S. Presidents, five Soviet leaders -- and four actors playing 007 -- since Dr. No opened to no special acclaim. But the spy created by Novelist Ian Fleming is still in business: saving the world from megalomaniac crime masters, heartless femmes fatales and indifferently prepared vodka martinis. It's a big business too. The first 14 Bond films presented by Albert R. ("Cubby") Broccoli have earned something like $2 billion around the world. (Broccoli did not produce the 1967 parody Casino Royale or Connery's free-lance return to the role in 1983's Never Say Never Again...
...felt with his family and his work: he did not write a full-length book or earn a big payday in Hollywood. He compensated for periods of depression with solo journeys overseas that shortchanged his children ^ without alleviating his sense of unfulfillment. When his daughter was dejected after reading Crime and Punishment, he tried to console her -- and, implicitly, himself -- by insisting that "you can be as deeply moved by laughter as you can by misery...
...photo opportunity on Friday, Reagan made the baffling assertion that he had not "heard a single word" indicating that any crime was committed. That was a worrisome indication that he still may not understand what went on ! -- or may not want to. Two contra fund raisers have already pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the Government, and there has been clear evidence of destruction of official documents as well as probable unauthorized use of Government funds...
Equipped with the latest technological advances in medicine and artillery, the superhuman Robocop, his memory erased and his mind reprogrammed to "uphold the law," hits the streets of the city's crime-ridden districts. A combination of the Terminator, Dirty Harry and a Campbell's soup can, Robocop shoots with pinpoint accuracy, deflects bullets like an armored car, and handles his machine-gun sidearm like a cowboy...
...last week the Marines began the court martial of Sergeant Clayton Lonetree for espionage and disclosure to the Soviets of the identities of U.S. agents, while he served as a guard at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Though Lonetree could be sentenced to life in prison, his actual crime, says Defense Attorney William Kunstler, was merely to have fallen in love with Violetta Seina, a Soviet translator at the embassy...