Word: givens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...given the sweeping transformations under way, these measures seem limp. Such a step-by-step approach would be, at best, yet another example of the -- dare one say timid? -- incrementalism on arms control and trade that has marked Soviet-American relations for four decades. As Bush himself says, the opportunity is historic. The idea that the Warsaw Pact would launch a land invasion of Western Europe, which is what most of NATO expenditures are designed to prevent, has become nearly inconceivable. "It may be time to abandon incrementalism for a leapfrog approach, to see if we can really make...
...Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in Montgomery, said he was sorry to disturb her at home but hoped she would seriously consider the reason for his call: he wanted to know if she would be open to the idea of creating a memorial to those who had given their lives in the struggle for civil rights. Since she had designed the much celebrated Viet Nam Veterans Memorial, he was certain that she was the right, perhaps only, person to do this. As with Viet Nam, there had never been such a memorial...
...imperturbability and panic, Americans leave many experts wondering how to get society to gauge an acceptable risk. Almost a decade of dwindling public confidence in the Environmental Protection Agency, which was treated like an unwanted appendage by the Reagan Administration, has led to a proportionate rise in the attention given to claims made by private consumer and environmental organizations that focus on food safety and risks to health. Dan Howell, the director of the Americans for Safe Food project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, says that groups like his are flourishing. "Our membership is double what...
...first, Casaubon laughs at such lunacies. His merriment is shared by Belbo and Diotallevi, editors at a Milanese publishing house. Given his expertise, Casaubon is hired as a consultant to advise on the endless stream of Templar manuscripts that flood the editorial offices. Eventually, these three scoffers find an amusing way to waste their time. Using Belbo's new word processor, they concoct "the Plan," a plausible scenario revealing a Templar plot to unleash unimaginable powers from the center of the earth in order to rule the world...
...hard to go wrong with a story as full of clever nuances and intriguing plot twists as Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians. Nonetheless, credit must be given to director Molly Bishop for assembling such an accomplished cast. Given roles which are essentially stereotypes, the actors manage to infuse their characters with life, and they skillfully portray the change from innocent amusement in the play's first scene to suspicion and finally paranoia as more and more guests are murdered...