Word: partner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same imaginative spirit animates his pursuit of a serial killer who is stalking womanizers (nice reversal of expectations there). Keller and his partner (John Goodman) place ads in the personal columns of an alternative newspaper and start dating the respondents. Needless to say, the likeliest suspect (Ellen Barkin) is also the best bet to comfort our hero...
Europe's new assertiveness poses a special challenge for Washington, which has long been accustomed to treating Western Europe as a junior partner, particularly when it comes to managing the global economy and East-West security. At last May's NATO summit meeting, President Bush asserted traditional U.S. leadership with his proposals for an accelerated timetable of reductions in conventional arms. But he was forced to bow to West German demands that the alliance postpone a decision on deploying a new U.S. tactical missile to modernize NATO's nuclear arsenal...
...Open-goers are a strange breed. Look at the expensive tennis outfits they wear to convince everyone what true fans of the game they are. Some even bring bags with four or five rackets. (You never know when Chrissie or Andre or Mac is going to need a partner, I suppose.) Listen to their hushed analysis of Becker's last double fault--"The Bor-meister is going to have to get that serve in if he wants to win this game." Watch them willingly pay 35 bucks for a white T-shirt with a little "Fila" logo. They all deserve...
...gist of the Soviet leader's advice to the Polish Communist Party chief last Tuesday apparently came down to this: Go with the flow. Within hours the Communists' belligerent demands for a greater role in Warsaw's as yet unformed government were replaced by conciliatory calls for "partner-like cooperation" with Solidarity. The arduous and uncharted process of piecing together the East bloc's first non-Communist government was back on track...
...most strenuous exercise consists of cruising the local shopping mall, favors $64 pink L.A. Gear athletic shoes with Western-style, imitation-silver buckles. Arthur the accountant, who bicycles ten miles before picking up his calculator in the morning, wears TC Lite, Nike's $85 cycling model. His weekend tennis partner rushes the net in Reebok's $80 Italian-made Cosenza tennis shoes, with the brand name discreetly scrawled in the corner...