Word: orderers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beat Nixon decisively, 52% to 29%. As for following Reagan from Hollywood into politics, the clear favorite is Charlton Heston, followed by Paul Newman and Bill Cosby. (Carson comes in sixth.) Asked which candidates seem the "craziest," voters singled out Jesse Jackson, Pat Robertson and Alexander Haig, in that order. Crazy or not, Jackson was the front runner in the Democratic field, with 18%, followed by Michael Dukakis and Paul Simon. But, as some pundits have suspected, some 4% of those surveyed actually think it is Paul Simon the singer who is running...
...prime of my life. I'm not going to get stronger physically or mentally, and I don't want to be sitting around on Jan. 20, 1989, wishing I'd done something." Those who once scoffed at such ambition -- and at his willingness to compromise in order to make friends and influence policy -- are beginning to realize that these very attributes are what have propelled him to the top tier of Democratic candidates...
...Bean Book of New New England Cookery, by Judith and Evan Jones (Random House; 669 pages; $22.50), informs us that it continues to expand. Judging by some of the newer dishes, that is not always for the better. This huge, handsome compendium, written for the Maine-based mail-order outfitter, is at its best with traditional specialties: rhubarb cakes and cobblers; codfish in chowders, cakes and Portuguese stews; and all the lobster, salmon and blueberry treats so rarely found elsewhere in the country. But the italicized new is the operative word, and interesting as the creations of young New England...
...with the approval of British authorities. The high-temperature furnaces had the potential of producing an extremely light and durable fiber, carbon-carbon, used to improve the accuracy of intercontinental ballistic missiles. When the U.S. learned of the case, officials rushed to halt the deal. Though most of the order had already been filled, U.S. authorities prevailed on the British government to stop shipment of the vital heating elements that the Soviets would need to operate at least some of the equipment properly. When informed of the fiasco, the Thatcher government ordered the heating elements destroyed...
...failure to forge a compromise would have been a major signal of total impotence in Washington's corridors of power. Indeed, symbolism was the order of the day: showing the jittery financial community that Washington could take action was just as important as coming up with a viable package of taxes and budget trimmings...