Word: midday
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...sparse as the surroundings. Brown beans, rice and corn tortillas are the staples, served sometimes with eggs from the hens that cluck about the bare concrete floor. The ancient refrigerator no longer works, so the syrupy sodas are served at room temperature, an oppressive 90 degrees F at midday in April, as the town awaits the onset of the annual rains...
...number of Hispanic leaders joined Dukakis in campaigning. They walked through the streets of San Antonio, took a trolley ride and attended a midday rally...
...confusion over the new money only added to the stress of everyday life. Earlier this month, the government imposed a nationwide energy emergency. Thousands of workers were laid off amid production slowdowns at large factories. Government ministries now close at midday, and TV broadcasts are limited to four hours at night. Daily power cuts of several hours are parceled out to each region. In Managua whole neighborhoods are plunged without warning into darkness, giving the capital an eerie resemblance to the Rumanian capital of Bucharest, where government-enforced blackouts have been imposed for years...
...investors have cabled sell orders, trying to dump shares in the British market. The Financial Times stock index drops 304 points by midday. Says a young dealer: "It is like opening a suitcase the wrong way and having all the contents spill...
...impression conveyed by these images is occasionally a touch too sunny, the Essay that follows offers different kinds of lights. Where the photographers froze a day on film, Time Senior Writer Roger Rosenblatt roamed the Soviet Union for a month. He provides a portrait of a nation reaching for midday while its heart remains in shadow...