Word: fastens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ordered on an affliction that, particularly in times of trouble, seems to bedevil every Administration: the unending stream of information from inside the Government to the outside world. Although much of Ronald Reagan's wrath was directed at unauthorized speculation about his economic plans, the latest attempt to fasten loose lips was justified, as under previous Presidents, on grounds of national security...
...Eleven hijackers, believed to be members of Venezuela's Red Flag terrorist group and representing various leftist causes, got through airport security by passing themselves off as a band of musicians. They boarded the aircraft carrying grenades and automatic weapons concealed in instrument cases. No sooner had the FASTEN SEAT BELT signs been turned off than the three planes' 235 passengers and 15 crew members found themselves on a harrowing 29-hr, jaunt that touched down at various Latin and Caribbean countries en route to Havana. All hostages were released unharmed. The gunmen were taken into custody...
...really, not ever. The famous lines of Bette Davis are as fixed in the national consciousness as the Pledge of Allegiance. There is Margo Charming in All About Eve warning her friends to fasten their seat belts because "it's going to be a bumpy night." There is Regina in The Little Foxes telling her dying husband: "I hope you die soon. I'll be waiting for you to die." In a different mood, Charlotte Vale at the fadeout of Now, Voyager: "Oh, Jerry. Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars...