Word: handly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...virtually impossible, so shopping becomes a daily necessity. Women must then make their way home, toting unwieldy shopping bundles onto crowded buses and along often unpaved footpaths, to prepare meals for the family. Housecleaning, like cooking, is done largely without the help of modern appliances. Dishes are washed by hand. Clothing is generally laundered in tubs, then hung out to dry. Disposable diapers are unknown. Floors are scrubbed with brooms wrapped in damp cloths...
...impromptu wedding was a media stunt, but Jackson insisted that his only goal was to publicize the plight of Allan Steen, the bride's father, who is a hostage in Beirut. Still, Jackson was beaming avuncularly when the camera crews tromped in to film the candidate, Bible in hand, blessing the happy couple. The only glitch came when the bride, Becky Steen, was asked about her plans for a honeymoon. Jackson stiffened when Steen explained that the getaway trip would be postponed for a week until after the "real ceremony...
...days before the Moscow summit that the U.S. and Soviet Union should "cooperate on a flight to Mars," ears perked up in labs and offices from Los Angeles to Moscow. Even the Reagan Administration, which has balked at similar Soviet overtures, was at pains not to dismiss out of hand Gorbachev's conciliatory-sounding proposal...
...evidence supports what Floyd knew. In fact, just in time for the basketball playoffs, Stanford Psychologist Amos Tversky released a study that seems to make a myth of the shooter's hot hand. "Very often," says Tversky, "the search for explanation in human affairs is a rejection of randomness." But randomness has a difficult time explaining Larry Bird. Stumbling through the lane in the deciding game of Boston's series with Atlanta, Bird made such an improbable wrong-handed hook shot that he demanded the ball back on the next play, explaining later, "I wanted...
...heavily on the political organization of Governor George Deukmejian. The "real Duke," as Republicans call their sober, taciturn Governor to distinguish him from Dukakis, is still mentioned as a possible running mate for Bush. But there is one major drawback to that scenario: if elected, Deukmejian would have to hand over the nation's largest statehouse to a Democrat...