Word: mediums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...military detente in Europe.'' As the most tempting carrot of all, he announced the unilateral withdrawal over the next year of as many as 20,000 Soviet troops and 1,000 tanks from East Germany. Brezhnev also said the Soviet Union would reduce the number of its medium-range nuclear missiles along its western frontier, provided NATO deploys no new ones...
...outspoken opponent of energy waste and pollution: to help eliminate both, he is currently test-riding a battery-powered bicycle. Meanwhile at the 31st Frankfurt Book Fair last week, Menuhin received the booksellers' peace prize of $14,000 as "a man who understands music as a medium for peace." Using the medium as a measure of his appreciation, Menuhin rewarded his audience with the chaconne from Bach's Partita in D Minor...
...could object that the fetus in the womb is as signally present in society as the child in the crib, that each are equally members of society. Yet surely the conception of "member" involves some minimal interaction. The fetus reacts to society of the outside world solely through the medium of the mother. Strictly speaking, then, society has no legal responsibility to the fetus, but rather to the mother...
After brandishing the stick, Brezhnev proffered a meager carrot. He said that the number of Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles aimed at Europe would be reduced if the NATO weapons were not deployed. He added that the U.S.S.R. would unilaterally withdraw up to 20,000 Soviet troops plus 1,000 tanks and other military hardware from East Germany within the next twelve months...
...invent most of the studio's great cartoon stars, he brought the house manner to its finest flowering, less elaborate than Disney's, but often far funnier. This modest retrospective provides a fine occasion to salute an American original working in a medium that will never get its critical due, but continues to exercise a mighty claim on affectionate memory. -Richard Schickel