Word: overnighting
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...said, was spreading rapidly. The number of cases was increasing geometrically, doubling every ten months, and the threat to heterosexuals appeared to be growing. But it was the shocking news two weeks ago of Actor Rock Hudson's illness that finally catapulted AIDS out of the closet, transforming it overnight from someone else's problem, a "gay plague," to a cause of international alarm. AIDS was suddenly a front-page disease, the lead item on the evening news and a frequent topic on TV talk shows. There seemed no end to the reports...
...they must also preserve enough dignity to bring off sustained poetic speeches, including a climactic account of a midair battle between an eagle and a cat who doom each other to a fatal fall. The showiest part is the father (Eddie Jones), a brutal alcoholic who undergoes an overnight conversion, too late, into a sober and responsible man. His place as the family menace is then taken over by the son (Bradley Whitford), a sensible if none too bright handyman who becomes a bedeviled catatonic. Karen Tull is a giddy, then abruptly deadly daughter. The most remarkable aspect of Director...
...Square to catch a glimpse of the Pope lying in state. The Vatican estimates there are 600,000 people a day filing past the body - seven people every second. And Italian media estimates are closer to 1 million. Even then, some are left disappointed: Carmella Paolillo had taken an overnight train from her small town near the southern city of Salerno to pay her respects. But by day's end, after waiting nearly 10 hours, she had to give up, with the Basilica finally in sight. "I'm so sorry. And it's not because I'm tired...
...watched the gathering rebellion more closely than Brian Dyson, the president of Coca-Cola USA. A lanky native of Argentina, Dyson had the duty of monitoring overnight reports on consumer reaction. By late May, the findings were looking bad. Dyson concluded that "people had fallen in love with the memory of old Coke" and wanted little to do with...
...teenage hormonal fire storm, he could find his way to that imaginary land where Borg plays Tilden, and Laver goes against Budge, in the dream draws of endlessly fantasizing fans. For now, though, he is just a gaudy note in the annals of a game that delights in its overnight successes, then makes up its mind about authentic greatness with becoming, almost anachronistic, slowness. --By Richard Schickel. Reported by Steven Holmes/London and John Kohan/Leimen