Word: hitchings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...less than auspicious. A freak autumn fog blanketed Moscow's four airports; Shultz, Carlucci and their 110-member traveling party were forced to make the 700-mile journey from Helsinki to the Soviet capital on an overnight train. When they arrived, they knew that even without the unexpected hitch on Star Wars, sticky details on the INF pact still had to be resolved...
...hitch may be that for men to be so, women will have to further alter their expectations. As Farrell points out, despite their interest in openness and sensitivity, "most women still emphasize economics over intimacy" in seeking a male partner. Chances are they cannot have it both ways. "Many of the characteristics that make a man successful in his profession -- mental toughness, discipline, intensity, willingness to work long hours away from home -- can make him difficult for women to deal with," says Farrell. He believes there are many sensitive, willing "new men" out there, but they are rejected by women...
...Hugh's younger sister Dorsey, an astrophysicist, arrives with her young son Noah, who is deaf, and her husband Simon, an actor. The day is hot. Hugh and Dorsey buy fireworks from a woman who remembers them both as children. Supper is served. The pyrotechnics go off without a hitch. Dorsey explains why Noah likes the cherry bombs: "He can feel their shock waves with his skin. It's as close as he ever gets to hearing." Late that night brother and sister have a desultory chat in Hugh's darkened house. Outside, clouds and sheet lightning raise the possibility...
...spite of tensions, the agenda of costumed pageantry, fife-and-drum music, jet overflights and solemn oratory came off with scarcely a hitch, thanks in part to security arrangements so heavy that when the congressional special rolled into Philadelphia's 30th Street station, eight or so diners found themselves imprisoned for 15 minutes in a nearby McDonald's after police blocked all the restaurant's exits...
...course put on the biggest bash. Preparations got off to a slow and shaky start, and only in the past few months has the administrative snarl been untangled. But local officials were justly proud of the Memorial Day weekend celebrations, attended by Vice President Bush. "Everything went without a hitch," says Sam Rogers, a spokesman for We the People 200, which is managing events...