Word: nectar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...journalists climbed the Akal Takht's narrow stairs, they were overcome by the lingering smell of death: many bodies had lain for days, trapped in rubble. Frogmen dived in the Pool of Nectar surrounding the Golden Temple in search of more bodies and found $300,000 in rupees, almost 9 lbs. of gold a sack of diamonds. A high-frequency transmitter and teleprinter were also discovered in a well and in the temple lodgings, troops uncovered cache after cache of arms and ammunition, including a grenade factory that had been operated by Bhindranwale's followers. But the gold...
...creams with throat-curdling foreign names hit the eastern market. Frusen Glädjé actually means "frozen delight" in Swedish (with an un-Swedish accent over the final e added for class), and the American owners made the unusual move of incorporating their company in Sweden. Their nectar is manufactured in Utica. Mattus took the non-Swedes to court for what amounted to infringement of balderdash, and his case was thrown out. The other newcomer is Alpen Zauber (German for "alpine magic"), a Brooklyn outfit that claims to be "inspired by the Swiss commitment to excellence ... Its select natural...
...Director Roman Polanski, who cast her in Tess, she is the "new Ingrid Bergman, a supernova." To Alberto Lattuada, who directed her in Stay As You Are (1980), she is "a mixture of poison and nectar." more the latter at the box office. But to her own mind, German-born Nastassja Kinski, 20, is, like her actor-father Klaus, simply, "a professional." Asked to close-crop her luxuriant locks for Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart, the actress instantly complied. "I do whatever the role requires," says the now almost tressless Tess. -By Claudia Wallis...
...Gods of Bureaucracy, perched on their Olympian mount of red brick and glass, are smiling these days: the green nectar of endowment booty and warming ambrosia of national attention have made their second year in the new Kennedy School of Government both successful and satisfying. And despite the administration's insistence that the school is entering a period of reevaluation and decelerated expansion, the mere mortal cannot help be awed by the ambitious plans for future growth. In fact, the maturation of the school is not only on the mortal's mind, but it dominates the conversation of the insiders...
...What Carter had in 1976 and Bush has in 1980 is a young, enthusiastic organization that started early in Iowa and capitalized on that state's affection for down-to-earth, visible politicians. After Iowa, the press blessed Carter with its bewitching potion, momentum. Bush now tastes the same nectar. In fact, he chortles that he has cornered the market on the stuff...