Word: mannered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...most determined summiteer. "If we have accomplished something," Reagan says in a telephone conversation with TIME from Spaso House, the U.S. Ambassador's residence, "if we have made war more distant, then that is a source of satisfaction." He says it so simply, so matter-of-factly. His manner is still rooted nine time zones west, in the Cornbelt, but his sympathy seems to have shifted east by a continent or two. Reagan is now Gorbachev's hiking buddy around Red Square, his point man as Gorbachev goes into a contentious party conference...
Attempts to answer such questions scatter all over the lot. A common proposal is to handle the sale of narcotics in a manner similar to the sale of alcohol. The substances could be sold only by licensed dealers, who would be taxed and heavily regulated; for example, they would be forbidden to sell to anyone under 21 years old. But there are many variations. Some supporters would permit the legal sale of marijuana only; Washington Mayor Marion Barry might add cocaine but is dead set against legalizing PCP (angel dust). Economist Friedman would permit the sale of every imaginable brand...
...most of this book is neither exciting nor novel. Scheim's chief accomplishment is having assembled, in a somewhat awkward manner, all the evidence supporting his hypothesis, tired though it is. If it cannot be said that Scheim has proved conclusively that it was the Mafia that murdered Kennedy, at least it now seems that the burden of proof lies with those who say otherwise...
...preventing local crises from becoming wider confrontations, and defusing regional conflicts," says Armacost. "But we're also geopolitical rivals. That hasn't changed. The Soviets will continue to try to erode the strategic advantages of the U.S. They will do so, however, in a more adroit and sophisticated manner than the old crowd...
Salinger sued. The lower court found that Hamilton had made "fair use" of the letters. But the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York reversed the ruling in a decision that not only reinforced existing copyright law but also limited the manner in which a writer could describe copyrighted material in his own words. Hamilton went reeling back to his writing table, and the publishing business went into a tizzy. "Biography is a legitimate literary pursuit," says Jason Epstein, Hamilton's editor at Random House. "Salinger's reluctance to be written about, if ceded, could threaten the whole genre...