Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tech. Isabelle Solar, chief ornament of the French soft-core epic Joan, could be seen on the closed-circuit hotel TV network slipping into a steamy bubble bath. In other respects, Cannes voyeurism may be entering the Workout '80s. The town summoned its largest turnout of gawkers for a midnight chorus line of musclewomen from the American documentary Pumping Iron...
...before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision. An even greater number, however, read stories about women who had received necessary, beneficial, legal abortions without danger or guilt. A huge speak-out is scheduled for this Tuesday in Washington. From 7 a.m. until midnight, letters and statements will be read in the western plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue. The following day, pro-choice advocates plan to leave copies of some of the accounts with Senators and Congressmen...
...provocation. Following the lead of the SYL, student protesters decided that Hoppenstein should gain the experience of thousands of Black and white South Africans jailed in hell-hole prisons. Linking arms in silent protest, the students formed a blockade, planning to make Hoppenstein sweat until at least midnight...
...least among gays. But he captures the panic and self-hatred that AIDS has unleashed. He dishes up highly imaginative invective, not least toward a character based upon himself. And he creates a complex, interesting romance between his surrogate, played by Brad Davis (who starred in the film Midnight Express), and a New York Times fashion reporter, portrayed with appealing directness and believability by D.W. Moffett. The reporter, who contracts AIDS, speaks the focal line: "There is not a good word to be said for anybody's behavior in this whole mess...
...minutes after midnight, according to a night watchman at a nearby building, a white Toyota van pulled up behind the headquarters of the Belgian Business Federation in Brussels. Two men jumped from the vehicle, set it on fire, then fled, scattering handbills along the way. When firemen arrived on the scene a few minutes later, the van exploded, killing two of the fire fighters. The blast also injured twelve passersby. Belgian Justice Minister Jean Gol called the incident part of a concerted, Continent-wide terrorist campaign. Four other bombs also went off last week in Cologne and Dusseldorf, West Germany...