Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This internal struggle, carried on for the most part out of the public eye, explains some of the inconsistencies of Gorbachev's reform moves. While he cautiously moves toward a less rigid centralization of the Soviet economy, his program has in fact further centralized decision making. The idea is to keep those decisions out of the hands of conservative regional officials. While George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is now available, most of the works of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the exiled Soviet novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize, are still banned. Glasnost, it is clear, can go only...
Scheim, who has a doctorate in mathematics, pored over government reports and documents, previous books, and newspaper accounts with unusual patience and a fine eye for detail. And in doing so, he has marshalled a considerable body of evidence showing that members of the Mafia planned and carried out the assassination of our 35th president...
...insulin. When this happens, the body cannot convert sugar into the energy that cells need to function. The cells starve, and the unconverted sugar builds up in the bloodstream, damaging the fragile lining of blood vessels. Complications associated with Type 1 diabetes include heart and kidney disease, poor circulation, eye problems and stroke...
...wears white linen skirts, a string of pearls and pink nail polish, and she comes from Philadelphia's genteel Main Line. Last week, after announcing the appointment of Magazine Veteran Jane Amsterdam to the top slot at one of the last bastions of no-holds-barred, spit-in-the-eye tabloid journalism, the Post's owner, Real Estate Magnate Peter Kalikow, presented her with a T shirt emblazoned with the paper's now legendary April 15, 1983, headline HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR. As earthy Post newsroom veterans (uncomfortably adorned in ties and jackets) were introduced to their new boss...
...tanning machines a year ago. His concern was justified: based on a survey of 62 hospitals, the Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that there were 1,781 emergency visits nationwide last year for injuries related to tanning booths. The year before, Teenagers Jennifer Tyree and Aida Sabato suffered excruciating eye pain after visiting a Manhattan tanning parlor. Reason: because they did not wear protective goggles, their corneas were seared by overexposure to the UV sun lamps. Warns their ophthalmologist Barry Chaiken: "Only time will tell if the exposure is going to mean that they'll face a higher risk...