Word: glue
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That frenzied send-off seemed a fitting coda for a man who returned a decade ago from exile in Paris to an equally hysterical welcome. But it gave little indication of what will follow. Khomeini was the glue that held together Iran's political radicals and religious extremists. Many Iranians fear that their country will now be torn asunder by bitter factional struggles. "All the people say things will be worse now," warned a 23-year-old student. "We were united when Khomeini was alive...
They quickly learned. Residents swarmed around the military vehicles, stopping them in their tracks. Sometimes they sat on the hoods; sometimes they simply lined up before the convoys. Often they covered the windows with glue and paper, and slashed tires...
...made big league plays [in the MIT game]," Nahigian said. "He's the glue in our infield...
...Harvard had junior Julie Clifford--who surpassed Moellering's goals-per-game average with five tallies--and junior Maggie Vaughan, who stuck to Moellering like glue, holding the Green attacker to three tough goals...
...movies are autobiographical," says Almodovar, "but only in the essentials, not in individual anecdotes." In the subversive sitcom What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1985), "I wanted to talk about my family, and about the horrendous family life of the barrios." Mom (Maura) sniffs glue, pops pills and burns the chicken. Dad sings German songs -- reason enough for her to kill the dull brute with a ham bone. By this time the viewer may feel like put-upon Mom or bashed-in Dad, so assiduously has Almodovar cataloged his atrocities. But the filmmaker had more cunning indiscretions in store...