Word: earings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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KEVIN WHITE is in trouble. Now you know, in case you haven't heard the newspapers shouting the message in your ear in recent weeks. First, the media decided he doesn't deserve a fifth term as mayor of Boston, then it decided he probably wouldn't win anyway an interesting progression, based on some rather wishful thinking...
...start for the coming year. On New Year's Eve, six people, all but one of them white, were killed in a spree of violence near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city. In an especially gruesome incident, the throat of a 71-year-old farmer was slit ear to ear. Only days earlier, a pack of 15 to 20 armed men wearing green camouflage uniforms and animal-skin caps had halted traffic on the Bulawayo-Gweru Highway, spraying buses and cars with gunfire and then torching three of the vehicles. Three blacks died, and 21 were injured...
...into one handy 4-lb. package a full-size keyboard, a screen that displays four lines of text, a cash-register-type printer, a microcassette tape drive and more built-in memory than any comparably priced machine. Its Japanese manufacturers say their intention was to "stand America on its ear." U.S. experts say they may have done just that...
Weinberger and "the Governor," as he still calls Reagan, talk on the phone almost daily, and he usually briefs the President in person twice a week. Though the Defense Secretary can have Reagan's ear any time he wants it, he does not exploit his access. He is extremely businesslike hi his dealings with the White House and will usually relay his messages to the Oval Office through established channels. Yet when dealing with White House staffers, Weinberger often wears them down by restating his position relentlessly. In a remarkable demonstration of faith in his standing with the President...
...Random House; $5.95) could come only from the prescription pad of Dr. Seuss (a.k.a. Theodor Geisel). At 78, Geisel retains his unique ability to wrap a concept in clothing. This time he portrays hunches, tempting the indecisive protagonist away from his homework. The good doctor is an eye-and-ear specialist; his infectious rhymes are meant to be read aloud...