Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent weeks American servicemen have come under increased harassment from their Panamanian hosts as tensions have mounted between the two countries. Authorities last week detained a group of U.S. military police for two hours without explanation. U.S. troops later went on a low-profile alert, said to be standard procedure when demonstrations are under way or expected...
...proper appreciation of the artist's gifts. Simple things, yes. But how hard they are to come by, what luck is required in the quest, and how rarely artists themselves confront their difficulties in an engaging spirit. The whine of self-pity, the bombast of self-aggrandizement, the low moan of tragedy are the notes most often heard from the creator on the subject of his life...
Poker players rejoice when they detect a fish -- a cheerful, tireless, well- funded loser -- radiating stupidity from across the green felt. Poker, of course, is a low pastime, whereas investment counseling, stockbroking and commodities trading are honorable professions. Still, suggests amateur Investor John Rothchild in this wry and funny confession, the professional gents and ladies of the financial markets are by no means reluctant to gnaw underachieving seafood when it presents itself...
...team from the National Institutes of Health found a link between low metabolism rates and excessive weight gain over a period of several years. Their subjects were 171 Pima Indians in Arizona, a tribe in which two-thirds of the women and half the men are obese. Though there were variations among individuals, researchers generally found that the slower the metabolism, the greater the weight gain. Yet after a gain of between 20 lbs. and 45 lbs., % metabolism rates changed, rising to a new level...
...Irish Republic, an irate Prime Minister Charles Haughey ordered an independent investigation of the case on Dublin's side of the border. Over recent weeks, the Republic has grown mistrustful of British judicial and security procedures. The situation was not helped by allegations that McAnespie, who had done low-level electioneering for Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican army, had regularly been harassed at the same checkpoint. Haughey's decision infuriated British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who declared that Dublin had no right to inquire into "matters north of the border...