Word: good
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...possible that if Shaw had imagined his life instead of living it, he might have turned it into another best seller. As Michael Shnayerson's admirably researched and readable biography demonstrates, the story has all the elements of a good airplane read: an energetic and engaging protagonist who transcends humble Brooklyn Jewish origins to become a symbol of his generation's promise before he is 30; war years in which he serves as a member of a dashing documentary-film unit, enabling him to meet all the right people from Cairo to London and to see just enough action...
...leader of the nomenklatura," the topmost ranks of the party. "He must make a choice." Gorbachev responded at a Supreme Soviet session last week, referring to "provocative appeals" from some of the group's members and criticizing their description of themselves as "left radicals." He was uncertain "what good this will bring to our cause...
...Dallas could be in for a period of uncertainty that it cannot afford. The city is confronted with a shrinking tax base and a looming budget shortfall. "There's a need for change to ensure fair government," says Strauss. "If we don't do this, there's a pretty good chance the courts will do it for us." In fact, a federal trial set for September seems to guarantee a prolonged period of discord. Two unsuccessful black office seekers are demanding exactly what minority activists could not get on the ballot: a system of all single-member districts...
...good thing, too, because he is the only menace around -- not nearly enough to sustain this endless tale. As it turns out, there is nothing else in the deep except some benign escapees from Steven Spielberg country. Harris and Mastrantonio do have a strong death and resurrection sequence, but long before that, one is pining for a rubber shark or a plastic octopus -- anything, in fact, out of a good old low-tech thriller...
...Chileans still have their history to worry about. Fernando Matthei, the moderate commander in chief of the air force, hinted that a coup was possible if the opposition candidate ever makes good on his pledge to repeal the 1978 amnesty for crimes committed by the Chilean armed forces from 1973 to 1978. But after the opposition suggested that such a decision would be left to the "elected authorities," Matthei seemed mollified. Now many are hoping the exchange sets off a constructive dialogue between the armed forces and the opposition to defuse the issue before a new government is elected next...