Word: fussing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...communist, are the same. "Both states bullshit about the justice of their systems, but where's my money?" And while the dissidents claim there is freedom in the West, Eddie knows otherwise: "They've got no fucking freedom here, just try and say anything bold at work. No fuss, on muss, but you're out on your ear." Eddie is a captive of society; the bars on his windows are Work and Money, and his social vision never transcends selfishness...
...debate was complicated and vitriolic, full of emotional arguments, thunderous Sunday sermons and Irish ironies. It split the medical and legal professions, divided the Republic of Ireland's political parties and prompted Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald to make a public apology for ever having started the fuss. But in a country of 3.1 million Roman Catholics, 96% of the population, the result was never in doubt: by a vote of 66% to 33%, the Irish electorate last week declared itself firmly in favor of a constitutional amendment that would ban abortions...
...Cage aux Folles is a Saint-Tropez drag club run by Georges. Its star performer is the incredible Zaza, who, when he takes off his dress and wig, is also Albin, Georges's lover for 20 years. Years ago, just to see what all the heterosexual fuss was about, Georges (Gene Barry) spent a few hours of passion with a showgirl. From that brief union came a son, Jean-Michel, who has lived ever since with Georges and Albin (George Hearn) in an apartment next door to La Cage...
...months last year, Britain and Argentina fought a 19th century naval battle with late-20th century weapons over possession of some remote islands. When it was over, Britain had regained lost honor, Argentina was politically devastated, and much of the world was left wondering what all the fuss was about...
Despite news reports that Reagan's staff was "paralyzed" by preoccupation with the Carter papers fuss, Baker in particular was carrying out a busy schedule of normal White House business last week. Indeed, the staff was settling back into a state of near normality. In the Reagan Administration, however, it is normal for the Baker-Stockman wing of advisers and those led by Casey, Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese and National Security Adviser William Clark to eye each other with considerable suspicion...