Word: greates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrary Russian view, from Tolstoy through Lenin, is that history is mainly forces and factors. "In historical events great men -- so called -- are but the labels that serve to give a name to an event," Tolstoy wrote in War and Peace, "and like labels they have the least possible connection with the event itself." Herein lies another irony: just as Reagan's romantic view overstates the role that individuals can play in shaping history, the Russian view probably understates Gorbachev's personal potential...
...foundation of the Soviet leader's revival of detente with the West. Could good relations between the superpowers, they ask, last long enough to complete, say, a ten-year project? "There are potential benefits to us from such a mission," says U.S. Space Watcher Nicholas Johnson. "But there is great uncertainty about the political environment...
...envisioned, the mission to collect samples would require separate U.S. and Soviet launches. With their heavy-lift launcher Energia, which can boost payloads at least three times as great as those on the U.S. shuttle, the Soviets would provide an extra capability to ensure sufficient backup fuel supplies. They believe they can deploy a space shield or parachute to slow their spacecraft enough to enable it to enter orbit around Mars without the use of retrorockets that draw on precious fuel supplies. Soviet scientists concede that this "aerobreaking" technique is still experimental...
What then is it about Hanks, 31, that has prompted comparisons with such old-fashioned leading men as Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart and Jack Lemmon? "A tremendous sense of timing and great believability," says Larry Brezner, producer of The 'Burbs, the movie Hanks is now shooting. "He picks out the character and stays with it until the bitter end. Tom's better at acting funny than funny acting. He's an actor first and a comedian second...
...relatively cheap. You can hone your skills on a grand backyard ramp or in a special park, but a downtown sidewalk will do just as nicely. The action is fast, furious and decidedly funky. Uniforms are not required, but style is vital, and the available styles are great. You can talk about it in resonant slang whose references to half pipes and acid drops, crackin' Ollies and catchin' air can be as arcane as a Rosicrucian oath. You can do it in the country or city, by a beach or across some asphalt. It's risky but not all that...