Word: dawned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Just after dawn last Friday, 800 American soldiers, their faces stained brown and green with camouflage paint, parachuted onto a dry cow pasture in central Honduras. The 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers formed a defensive ^ perimeter, crouching in combat positions. But instead of an enemy force, they faced an army of photographers and cameramen -- a fitting confrontation for a troop deployment that was more media event than military action...
...defunct Herald Tribune, Barrett covered the Johnson Administration before joining TIME as a writer in 1965. After a stint as an editor, Barrett covered the White House during the Carter and Reagan years. He drew on his work for a 1983 book, Gambling with History, that described the dawn of the Reagan Administration. Says he: "Being able to relate the bright hopes of the campaign to the sober realities of incumbency is the finest graduate political-science course that one can take...
...minute gathering attended by 38 of the body's 67 lawmakers, members voted unanimously to dismiss Delvalle, hitherto regarded as a Noriega puppet, and Vice President Roderick Esquivel. Though Delvalle insisted that he still held office, Education Minister Manuel Solis Palma, 71, was sworn in as President before dawn. Panama's military leaders left no doubt as to where they stood. Colonel Marcos Justines, whom Delvalle had named to succeed Noriega as chief of the Panamanian Defense Forces, flatly refused the job. "None of us wants to be commander," said a top officer. "Our commander is staying. The President...
...five-member band combines disjointed, provocative lyrics with a strong backing of jazzy rhythm. The band's two lead singers, Simon Magus and Dawn Dinda, improvise wildly amidst a flood of colored lights while bassist John Voorhes does Pete Townshend leaps in the background...
Part of the appeal to professionals is conformity. In the cold gray dawn of corporate America's morning after, it seems rude to look rosy in pink, which, along with other solid colors, is sliding out of favor. Says Chicago Accountant Edgar L. King, 68: "We financial types have to present a good, clean look, and I've traditionally relied on the white shirt to complement that look." The white shirt's popularity stretches down the career ladder too. Two years ago Charles McCabe traded in his college jeans and sneakers for something more suited to San Francisco's vested...