Word: doves
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...passive approach could also persuade the Lithuanians to back down, which is probably essential to a peaceful outcome. To an extent, the Western powers share Moscow's pique at the way Vilnius raced single-mindedly toward independence. Says Ilya Prizel, professor of Soviet studies at Johns Hopkins University: "They dove into the swimming pool without seeing if it held any water." That fancy dive was especially unfortunate given the fact that Gorbachev has made clear that the republic has the right to leave the U.S.S.R. as long as it follows the terms of a new secession law passed last month...
...have no ceiling fan, then how about a Dove-Tech corn-burning stove? It's too early to tell for certain how well this really works -- only 4,000 have been sold so far -- but it sure seems to solve a lot of problems: the energy crisis (we're the Saudi Arabia of corn), the pollution crisis (the kernels burn far cleaner than wood, coal or oil), the farm crisis (Dove-Tech will even burn moldy surplus), the trade deficit (American corn, not imported oil), the deforestation crisis (chop corn, not trees), the safety crisis (corn isn't dangerous...
...heat their eleven-room New Hampshire home, say it costs about $5 a day, and they're thrilled. Last winter they burned seven cords of wood, at $130 a cord, and over a thousand gallons of oil. So far this year, just $400 worth of corn. (For more information: Dove Energy Systems, Box 399, Fletcher...
...Lonesome Dove (CBS, 1989). Just when the epic mini-series seemed to have bitten the dust, this vivid and lyrical adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel of a Western cattle drive, led by a grizzled Robert Duvall, brought the genre rousingly back to life. Twenty-nine-and-a-half hours of War and Remembrance put it to sleep again...