Word: levying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cliche. Prime-time shows from Hill Street Blues to CBS's 48 Hours have appropriated the hand-held camera and other slice-of-life touches. Even commercial directors have tossed away their tripods: cameras wander about relentlessly, trying to sell "reality" as well as Nissan automobiles and Levi's jeans...
...king, tourists in the U.S. are seizing upon a host of unbeatable deals made possible by the fallen dollar. Clothing, cameras and cosmetics are among goods that are often 20% to 30% cheaper in the U.S. than back home. Sometimes the savings can be even greater. A pair of Levi's 501 jeans selling for $76 in West Germany, for example, can be bought for less than half that price in Los Angeles. At the Louis Vuitton store on Manhattan's East 57th Street, where the most popular handbag sells for $295 (vs. $489 in Tokyo), nearly...
...bride wore a tan skirt, the groom sported white Levi's, and the minister was running for President. Jesse Jackson, who has lost none of his fabled flair for the symbolic gesture, readily agreed to perform the ceremony before a recent rally in Santa Cruz, Calif. The impromptu wedding was a media stunt, but Jackson insisted that his only goal was to publicize the plight of Allan Steen, the bride's father, who is a hostage in Beirut. Still, Jackson was beaming avuncularly when the camera crews tromped in to film the candidate, Bible in hand, blessing the happy couple...
This "New Power Soul" sound can often be a bit taxing on the ears. A multiplicity of sounds--Cat and Boni Boyer's vocals, Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss' brass, Levi Seacer Jr's. bass, Miko Weaver and Prince's guitars, and Matt Fink's keyboards--all clamor for the listener's attention...
Most Israeli citizens, however, appear to accept the government's tough stance as a distasteful necessity. "I'm against the shootings and the beatings, but if there is no choice, there is no choice," shrugs Jerusalem Shop Owner Yermiyahu Levi, 53. Adds Uri Feinberg, a 16-year-old U.S.-born Jerusalem student: "The army had the choice of shooting people or beating them up. I think it's better to beat them up." According to a poll published by the daily Hadashot last week, 63% of the public fully supported the government's military policy, while another 27% found...