Word: fearfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only after Soviet fighter-bombers based in the Soviet Union blasted and strafed rebel positions, reducing portions of the city to rubble. Washington considers the sorties a violation of the Geneva accords, as well as a serious threat to the mujahedin's efforts on the battlefield. If the Soviets fear that their Afghan comrades are not tough enough to fend off the mujahedin, Western analysts and rebel leaders have quite the opposite concern: so far, Najibullah's troops have been showing more gumption than expected. Around Jalalabad, a city the Soviets left three months ago, Afghan troops have thrown back...
...bounce from that speech were sacrificed on the altar of Dan Quayle, the man he had selected only two days earlier to be his running mate. The surprise choice, and the way it was handled, revealed some of the weaknesses of Bush's approach to governance -- from a crippling fear of leaks to a distaste for face-to-face confrontation. At one point, only hours before Bush's acceptance speech, campaign aides considered the possibility that Quayle might be dumped from the ticket. Although Quayle survived the initial storm, there were strong indications that the Quayle factor could haunt...
...film's conspiracy theory is neat, for sure. It manages to embody every institution liberals fear -- including the FBI, which keeps sending Cathy back to the bed of the man who would kill her. It makes for a familiar movie dilemma, harking as far back as Notorious (1946) and as recently as Married to the Mob (last week). And when these two loving enemies strike sparks, the picture comes briefly to coherent life. To a tough role, Winger brings all the gifts -- chameleon face, whiskey-and-chocolates voice, hoydenish energy, keen moral intelligence, fierce authenticity -- that make her a pleasure...
BAMBI. This 1942 Disney fable has everything a child could fear or want: a forest fire, a mother's death, cute comedy and a deer heart to cherish. Bonus: Bambi's bunny pal Thumper makes Roger Rabbit look like a wimp...
...Supreme Court. Last December, before the newest Justice, Anthony M. Kennedy, joined the bench, the court split 4 to 4 in reviewing an Illinois law similar to Minnesota's notification statute. Though Kennedy's judicial career yields few clues to his view on abortion, prochoice groups fear that he will provide a fifth, and deciding, vote in favor of limiting the 1973 landmark abortion decision, Roe v. Wade...