Word: heaping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...literally, the end of the world. And before it became a nation, this orphan continent on which European history had left no mark at all became the site of a bizarre and dreadful social experiment. For almost a hundred years, beginning in 1788, it served as a human trash heap where England exiled some 160,000 members of its criminal class...
...just the way he has been for the past six years. He doesn't know the details, and he isn't going to change now." What's new, of course, is that by not knowing the details of Oliver North's activities, the President landed in one big heap of trouble. Is America going to forget and forgive that over the next two years? Indeed, won't there be another blooper or two or more if Reagan wanders along leaving all operations in the hands of aides who have not exactly distinguished themselves lately...
Away from the wreckage, I was out of danger. I counted nine cars derailed. At the front of the train, in a horrifying scene, five cars had become a single heap of metal. Within minutes, fire trucks and helicopters arrived. Rescue workers kept passengers away from the train and began the gruesome task of rescue work...
There was a tall dirt mound bordering the backyard of the final row of houses. Ducking into a finely manicured lawn, I scrambled up the heap...
Still, the movie was popular enough to tag the property as a solid box- office attraction. And gradually, the films' creators managed to beam the series up to competence, even to emotional resonance. In 1982 The Wrath of Khan brought Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) back from the executive junk heap to conquer both an old nemesis and a mid-life crisis. In 1984 The Search for Spock resurrected Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) for a reunion with Kirk that was tender enough to make a Vulcan almost cry. Now comes The Voyage Home -- and a radical, canny shift of moods. This...