Word: hops
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...content to rely mainly on passive defensive tactics, the military is now launching sweeps through the countryside under the command of a colorful, French-trained army chief of staff, Brigadier General Benedicto Lucas Garcia, who is also the brother of the Guatemalan President. A flamboyant commander who likes to hop aboard a blue-and-white helicopter to visit the front lines, "Benny," as he is called, has brought to the antiguerrilla fight some modern tactics: the use of large numbers of mobile troops guided to their targets by spotter aircraft and helicopters, and the rapid deployment of elite commando units...
Industry analysts believe that RCA's retreat from the world of conglomerates will result in a healthier company. Said R. Joseph Fuchs of Wall Street's Kidder, Peabody: "It makes sense to get rid of the diversified businesses and hop back to being a communications company." The sale of C.I.T. or Hertz would also give RCA some badly needed cash to spend on expensive new ventures into satellite communications, cable programming and broadcasting. - By Christopher Byron Reported by Peter Stoler/New York
...viewer wrote, "My mother recently had an unfortunate experience with Mrs. Smith's chicken crepes." The audience tensed. Host David Horowitz let the suspense mount, holding the letter in his hand, pausing as if he were about to hop a slow freight into the twilight zone. Then he related the outcome: Mom-who isn't the kind of person who usually does these things-sat down and dropped the Mrs. Smith folks a line. She told them what one of their featherweight delicacies had done to her dental work, and the folks at Mrs. Smith sent...
...Hop, Skip, Jump...
...appears, "gaily tripping, lightly skipping," "tripping hither, tripping hither," or, in this case, "climbing over rocky mountain, skipping rivulet and fountain." True to form, this batch of maidens comes merrily onstage, chirping away with nothing graver on their minds than their "fleeting leisure"--all except one. While her sisters hop and dance at the front of the stage, she lingers behind to collect samples of leaves and sand and record prissy little notes in a black book she carries. It is an idea whose time is long overdue: a pre-med in a G&S chorus...