Word: lovely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...megastar founder of a legendary rock group but a demonstrably troubled man who seemed to be in the process of beating back his demons. After five years of mysterious silence, he had released a new album, Double Fantasy, on which he and his wife Yoko Ono alternately performed love songs. Suddenly Lennon was dominating the airwaves again with his hit single from the album, Starting Over. And he was talking to reporters, telling interviewers about his life as a househusband, baking bread and caring for his and Yoko's young son Sean. That he should be cut down...
...saying 'We are not yet with you, Jesus,' " Frankie volunteers from the couch; her glasses shine. "Is that it?" asks Walter. "There's a place in my opera where I'd love to use that sound. We could mount four speakers at the corners of the theater and get exactly that same effect of being surrounded by the sound." Doug's brother is a deacon in the church, so maybe a full-scale taping can be arranged...
There is no mistaking Bush's point. It has nothing to do with the constitutional question of whether Dukakis eleven years ago should have vetoed a bill mandating recital of the pledge in school classrooms every day. Bush is implying that Dukakis is unpatriotic, that he doesn't love America as much as he should or as much as Bush does. "He sees America as another pleasant country on the U.N. roll call, somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe," said Bush in his convention acceptance speech. Keynoter Thomas Kean, the New Jersey Governor formerly admired for his decency and moderation, accused...
...find know-nothing remarks like the Vice President's reaction to the shooting down of the Iranian civilian airliner -- "I will never apologize for the United States of America, I don't care what the facts are" -- a sign of national insecurity, not national self- confidence. To those who love America enough to worry about it, George Bush's ask-not-what-you-can-do-for-your-countr y flag-waving is the opposite of patriotism...
...once again for sale on the busy streets and crowded back alleys of China. Venereal disease -- an affliction that was officially eradicated under Chairman Mao -- has quadrupled in cities like Shanghai. Meanwhile, millions of Chinese, newly exposed to Western ideas, have fallen prey to notions of romantic love and sexual fulfillment. An estimated 60% of Chinese are said to be dissatisfied with their spouses. Mandatory counseling has not prevented more than half a million divorces a year. Police crackdowns have failed to stem underground sales of pornographic books and videos. "The Chinese are like people who have been...