Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the Pope finally arrived, he met a cheering throng of almost 1 million, spread out as far as the eye could see. In the tumultuous welcome, red flags emblazoned with white Polish eagles waved above the crowd along with banners proclaiming SOLIDARITY IS ALIVE. Then, just as John Paul prepared to celebrate Mass, a solitary stork soared overhead. Many saw it as an omen of good fortune...
Reagan Administration officials maintained last week that the state of the contra offensive had not significantly changed. Impressions drawn by reporters on the scene represented, according to a U.S. intelligence expert, a "worm's-eye view." He added, "Some contra units may be coming under pressure from Sandinista troops, but the contras are not being pushed out of Nicaragua." Maybe not, but they are certainly having their difficulties, as TIME Caribbean Bureau Chief William McWhirter discovered last week when he crossed the Honduran border to visit contra positions.* His report...
Internally, too, the Soviet influence is growing. Throughout the country Mengistu has set up Kabeles, Soviet-style urban neighborhood associations that keep an eye on citizens and conduct regular political indoctrination sessions. The government has established state farms, nationalized industries and expropriated private property. A full-fledged Communist Party will be created next year...
Most economists agree that Volcker will be unable to keep inflation and interest rates down unless the Government curbs its deficits, which Budget Director David Stockman has warned may top $200 billion annually "as far as the eye can see." Figures released last week showed that in May the Government spent $29.3 billion more than it took in, the biggest one-month deficit in U.S. history. As the economy expands in 1984 and 1985, the Goverment's borrowing needs could clash with loan demands by private businesses. Such a conflict would give Volcker only two choices, both unpalatable...
Hollywood's Harvard, to the professional eye of costume designer Josephine Ynocencio, is "an east coast preppie college--button down shirts, you know, and rag sweaters." For the wardrobe, "I shopped at Bloomingdales, to tell you the truth, and Brooks Brothers," she said...