Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reason the digits have been hopping erratically is the interplay between the lack of deep commitment to either candidate and the combatants' response to that dearth. The Republicans set a pattern of pit-bull negativism earlier in the cycle than usual, and the Democrats have felt compelled to respond. When voters are relatively clear about their convictions, negative attacks are unlikely to produce large swings. But with the public still hazy about what George Bush and Michael Dukakis are really for, each candidate hopes to paint a dark image of the other. That, in turn, discourages positive loyalty...
With the race likely to remain close for weeks to come, both the candidates and their spear carriers will be sorely tempted to invest more energy in stabbing the opposition than in defining themselves. So long as they avoid the serious issues, neither candidate will inspire much deep commitment. Volatile polls will be one symptom of that syndrome. A far more serious effect will be felt next January, when the new President discovers that his constituents don't know what he is all about...
Despite such encouraging signs, skeptics fret that the plague of authoritarianism has not been banished. "Those who benefited from the military dictatorship have retreated or made deals with the democratic forces," says opposition National Assemblyman Lee Chul. "Democracy is not deep rooted...
...other means -- has dramatically changed the study of the oceans. Scientists are now able to see things that they could only grope at before. This is made possible not only by a satellite's panoramic perspective but also by new sonar techniques that peer through waters that are miles deep. Oceanographers who once devoted years to analyzing information from infrequent research trips are deluged with data that are yielding the secrets of earth's last frontier...
...trucks equipped with seismic scanners to chart geologic formations below the Champs Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe and other hallowed landmarks. But last week Elf-Aquitane, one of France's national oil companies, announced that it had recovered an encouraging 27 bbl. of oil from a 6,500-ft.-deep well about four miles from the heart of Paris...