Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...classic British understatement: the two had just initialed a joint declaration that defines in detail the terms under which China will recover sovereignty over the crown colony of Hong Kong in 1997, when Britain's 99-year lease on more than 90% of the territory expires. Two years and two days after China and Britain began the contentious bargaining process, both countries could join at last in a common sigh of relief: the Chinese because they had re-established their claim to the opulent, gold-plated trophy of Hong Kong, just in time to help make their National...
...world's most populous Communist state could manage a capitalist enclave, half of whose citizens are refugees from Communism. Instead of satisfying both sides, the much trumpeted "one country, two systems" solution might serve only to separate the two. As it is, the Westernized Chinese of the crown colony tend to look down on their less worldly counterparts in the Middle Kingdom. Such divisions may deepen when they become compatriots...
Officials were determined not to see a recurrence of the night the Tigers clinched the AI. East crown, when legions of fans stormed the field and savaged the surface, resulting in two dozen arrests...
...Crown Cruises offers a one-day excursion from San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico, for only $75. From New York City, Fantasy Cruises has a four-night trip to Bermuda for $395 and a one-night "cruise to nowhere" that goes out into the Atlantic and back for $85. To attract a broad clientele, Fantasy advertises its voyages on posters on New York subway cars. Other companies feature special cruises to suit individual tastes, including trips with wine-tasting sessions, film festivals, exercise classes and bridge tournaments. In January, Cunard Line will offer a Trivial Pursuit cruise from New York City...
...premarital sex or back the Equal Rights Amendment ("The ERA would make us a neuter society; I prefer to be a woman"). A communications major at Brigham Young University who wants to become a news anchorwoman, Wells bristles at the suggestion that her conservative views helped her win the crown. "It seems that the media are bent on forcing everything I say into their Miss America mold," she complains. "The judges never questioned me about my views on morals, religion and social mores." And it seems unlikely that relieved pageant officials will ever have...