Word: notes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...murder, in protective custody. As the movie's none-too-ambitious mystery plot unfolds, it is Hooch, ferociously loyal to both his former master and his new one, who does most of the protecting. He's obviously never heard of Miranda rights. Not that he is a one-note character: he introduces Turner to romance with the local veterinarian (Mare Winningham), and in moments of repose he has a watchful sobriety that becomes a comment on the human propensity to rush around needlessly. If food, sex or loyalty is not at issue, what's all the excitement about...
...Soviet account in this age is a contradiction of almost everything practiced by the eight Presidents who preceded Bush over the past 43 years. Ronald Reagan, with a certain grim humor, could tell how he had written notes to three Soviet leaders in a row; before the letters reached them, "they all died." Bush not only wants Gorbachev to stay healthy, he may literally have offered up an Episcopal prayer or two for his success. Further, Bush has put his note writing to Gorbachev on a routine basis instead of limiting it to moments of crisis. The letters contain subtle...
Impressive as these statistics are, the scientists note, the carnage may be even worse. They cite an American study indicating that house cats bring only about half their victims home...
Talk is the sex of the '80s. In a time when you can hardly initiate a handshake without a note from your doctor, conversation is not just a white- collar mating dance; it is the most intimate form of safe sex. Over the telephone or a restaurant table, a man and a woman expose their emotions, exchange seminal fears and desires, make each other laugh and sob -- all without touching any organ but the heart. Talk is the consummation devoutly to be wished; no wonder they call it intercourse. It is confession without penance, therapy on the cheap...
...defending the practice of closing under-enrolled courses, administrators note that only 10 percent of the Summer School's students are Harvard undergraduates. Courses are offered not to fill requirements, they say, but because students are interested in them...