Word: facing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Surprising, perhaps, for the fast-growing modern center of a booming economy. But then Seoul might be best described as high-tech with a human face. Computerized machines give out bus information in the shopping center of Myongdong -- only to be obscured by a million people passing through the narrow streets in a carnival crush each day. Commuters march through the shiny, streamlined passageways of the city hall subway station at rush hour, serenaded by the psychedelic frenzy of the Doors singing Light My Fire. Even the demonstrations that have become the city's most celebrated feature abroad are stylized...
...have prompted fresh denunciations of the government of President Saddam Hussein for using chemical weapons in violation of international law. The assaults are part of a drive that has virtually crushed a long-simmering rebellion of the Kurds and punished Kurdish guerrillas -- known as pesh mergas, or "those who face death" -- for collaborating with the enemy during Iraq's eight-year war with Iran. When Iran agreed to a truce on Aug. 20, the Iraqis began to move against the Kurds...
Like Matt Biondi plowing through the water, his face ablaze with ferocity and ambition, the athletes are bound for Seoul. In a special section, TIME spotlights the five-ring extravaganza, from the most exciting competitors and competitions to the most intriguing bits of lore and trivia. -- Heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Decathlete Daley Thompson are coming to assert a kind of athletic kingship. -- Swimmers Biondi and Janet Evans have appointments in Korea with a hoard of medals -- the question being just how many. -- For a swarm of mitey gymnasts, the contest beyond gold seems to be for the affection...
...throughout the year, the council showed that it was more inclined to whisper than shout on behalf of its constituents' concerns. It abandoned its efforts on behalf of junior faculty tenure. It stood by as the College tightened its alcohol policy in the face of vehement student opposition. It rejected a proposal to back administration neutrality in the union election and only asked administrators not to unduly pressure employees to vote no--which is an illegal tactic anyway...
...moving into the real world brings responsibilities as well as benefits. The central question the University will have to face in the coming years is how to reconcile the demands of its involvement in the real world with its academic ideals...