Word: instants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some of the people who understand the politician's need for subtle adjustment are now worried about the instant litany of nos produced by Ronald Reagan's White House on everything from nuclear-arms limitation to the budget. Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev did not offer anything new in his proposed missile freeze in Europe, but the quick, harsh U.S. rejection spooked the world. While the clock feet toward serious economic trouble, Reagan still drags his feet on budget compromise. "The worst mistake the President made," one of his Cabinet officers said the other morning, "was not to accept...
Reagan's homely anecdotes often prove to be factually wrong. TV commonly focuses its cameras on the glibbest or noisiest "man (or woman) in the street" to typify instant public reaction. This mutual use offer-example is what made Reagan's outburst so heartfelt: "Is it news that some fellow out in South Succotash some place has just been laid off, that he should be interviewed nationwide?" In turn, checking the accuracy of every anecdote the President uses to make a point may seem a picayune exercise for the press, but it is unavoidable when argument by anecdote...
...admired [March 8], for he is one of the few in Government willing to bear the responsibility for long-term economic recovery. Volcker realizes that stopgap increases in the money supply offer no solution. It took the U.S. 40 years to reach this dire economic situation. We cannot expect instant and painless recovery...
...heralded not with a bang but with a burst of light. The 35,000 baseball fans in Tiger Stadium watching a game gasp in unison at the preternatural dazzle. The people in the stands who face the fireball are blinded by it. An instant later they and the rest of the crowd are on fire. But the pain ends quickly: the explosion's blast wave, like a super-hardened wall of air moving faster than sound, crushes the stands and the spectators into a heap of rubble...
Thomas chose such anonymity because he had become an instant personality. He was, no less, the man who had finally solved the mystery of Masquerade. That fantasy for children by British Author-Painter Kit Williams has been a surprise bestseller for almost three years (1.5 million copies in eight languages). Climaxing a feverish 18-month hunt, Thomas had dug up the $10,000 bejeweled golden rabbit in Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire...