Word: dimly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With these commands, Rob can search through the necklace of satellites that rings the earth and pick up any one of 150 TV channels. He can also dial the telephone, adjust the angle of his bed, dim the lights, dictate letters, play video games and write computer programs on the Carnegie-Mellon University computer network in nearby Pittsburgh. Next January he will start taking college-level courses by satellite...
...which my wife insists I wear lest she be widowed. That's part of the fun, isn't it, wearing all that strange gear. It's like being part of a carnival or festival or something." He especially enjoys blinking his flashlight at oncoming cars to remind drivers to dim their headlights...
...predatory and implacable that the Western democracies believed their only hope was to band together and deter further Soviet expansionism. The idea of actively coaxing the U.S.S.R. toward a more humane social order seemed out of the question. The author of the containment doctrine, George Kennan, held out the dim hope that if the Soviet aggressive drive were held in check, perhaps the regime might mellow. But that would happen only very gradually. Because of the internal dynamics of the Soviet Union, Kennan argued, American influence on that country's evolution could only be oblique and passive...
...Steele (Pierce Brosnan) is a scorcher for looks but a bit of a dim bulb in the brains department. Of course, he learns fast, usually while blundering through the most delicate stages of Laura's investigations. Of course, Steele takes credit for solving every crime. And of course, contrary to all her best instincts, Laura starts to get hung up for real on her own fantasy...
...increase cannot be achieved quickly. Gemayel could fill the army's ranks with troops from the Christian militias that solidly support him. But that could prove disastrous at a time when he is trying hard to reunite the country. The Reagan Administration at first appeared to take a dim view of increasing its troop commitment to Lebanon. As Weinberger put it, "If the multinational force needs expansion, there is no reason why only three countries need be the only ones involved." But Administration officials hinted later that if President Reagan is convinced that a stronger force is needed...