Word: pies
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than a few milligrams of arrogance in all this. The camera lingers too often on the Sagan profile. His lyrical language sometimes lapses into flowery excess, and occasionally Cosmos' galloping pace straggles to a crawl. But without a doubt, Sagan makes science as palatable as the apple pie he lovingly cuts up in a Cambridge University dining room in order to make a point about matter. He is the quintessential schoolmaster; he makes such a classical experiment as Christiaan Huygens' determination of the distance of the stars with only a perforated brass disc seem as vivid today as when...
...equality at its center. But a vast country with a heritage of regionalism does not easily succumb to more powerful federal government. The western provinces, newly-rich in oil, have long resented eastern industrial eities like Toronto, which for a long time held an inordinate piece of the economic pie. The Maritime provinces, traditionally the weakest economically, fear that greater centralization could jeopardize their already tenuous position. And Levesque stands to gain the most personally from a country in disarray; he could then tell his constituency that Quebec would better be able to fend for itself by seceding...
Sports fans used used to apple-pie heroes won't forget Dave Cowens, taxi-driver, taking a leave of absence for a large part of the 1976-1977 season because he said he simply wasn't ready to play basketball...
...comparison of French and American reaction to political scandal only illustrates how far the Atlantic separates the two nations' ideas of "the presidency." While in theory the two countries maintain similar political systems, in practice they are as different as apple pie and crepe suzette. Only two months ago, Jimmy Carter narrowly escaped Washington's heated "Billygate," which made headlines for weeks and almost cost Carter the nomination. On the other hand, throughout the many scandals that have shattered the pristine panes of the Elysee Palace since his election in 1974, Giscard d'Estaing has shown plexiglass resistance; none...
...Paris, and Burger King has opened a shop on the Champs-Elysées. But the French have launched a spirited counterattack. Their ammunition is the croissant, the flaky, crescent-shaped roll that is as dear to French palates as scones to the Scots or Mom's apple pie to Americans. Gourmands are lining up for McCroissants at American-patterned restaurants rapides from sleazy St. Denis to the Boulevard St. Germain...