Word: inner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crashing to a close during the blink of an hour. The '60s ended at Altamont, when a knife-and-death climax to a Rolling Stones concert showed that the decade of love, peace and music had trouble, even with the music. The '70s limped along with an inner-directed malaise until Jan. 20, 1981, when the U.S. hostages lifted off from Tehran just as Ronald Reagan was taking office. The '80s, as befits their high-flying adrenaline, may have dissipated a few years early, sputtering to an end during the stock market's terrifying final hour of free fall...
...embassy in Lebanon died after being tortured by a CIA officer with an electroshock device. (The officer involved was later fired.) There are gossipy revelations about Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi (according to CIA intelligence, he liked to wear high-heeled shoes and makeup) and piquant glimpses inside the Reagan inner circle. After Reagan was shot in 1981, Woodward says, his recovery was far slower than the White House acknowledged, and some aides "began to consider the possibility that his was going to be a crippled presidency." Even when Reagan was healthy, Woodward says, Casey found the President strangely passive, lackadaisical...
...Board could have been constructive in its decision. If Williams truly wants to help the "community," playing football is not the way to do it. The Ad Board could have given Williams a choice--either spend 10 hours a week doing community service, like working with inner-city Black youth, or miss the football season...
This week's story not only reflects Thompson's unusual interview but also offers glimpses of the inner workings of the Soviet space program. The story, by Staff Writer Michael Lemonick, is accompanied by photographs obtained by Picture Editor Arnold Drapkin through a special arrangement with TASS. They include a shot taken inside the Mir space station and other photos that have never been published outside the Soviet bloc...
...itas: Phillips Brooks House (PBH)barely escaped catastrophe in late July when oneof its vans, filled far beyond legal capacity with26 inner-city children, flipped over aMassachusetts Turnpike guardrail. Although thechildren suffered only minor injuries, the21-year-old driver was charged with "operating toendanger" for overloading the vehicle, which wascarrying participants of the "Keylatch" summerprogram to an amusement park in southernMassachusetts. The accident raised questions aboutthe training PBH van drivers receive and promptedPBH to review its driving policies...