Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though they have similar problems with tree theft, other growers don't take much action against those whose Christmas tree search is something short of a pleasant family outing. But they say they hope the thieves' holidays are somewhat less than merry...
Despite his pleasant, outgoing personality, Nakasone has drawn surprisingly sharp criticism from some of his fellow politicians. His nickname is Weathervane, because of his habit over the years of shifting allegiances between competing party factions. He is also handicapped by his close ties to the tainted Tanaka. At week's end Nakasone appointed no fewer than seven Tanaka supporters to his 21-member Cabinet. In 1972 Nakasone threatened to sue a Japanese magazine after it charged that he accepted a $2.3 million bribe from Tanaka in exchange for political support. The court action failed to materialize. The charge...
...form an immediately recognizable or coordinated whole. There is, for example, his alleged preference for gypsy music, Chubby Checker and Glenn Miller. While these things are not antipodal, it is hard to envisage Mr. Andropov among friends singing gypsy tunes, as he is said to do, in a "pleasant light tenor," then switching abruptly to The Twist or Pennsylvania 6-5000. Still, the image is peppy. The question of interior decoration has come up as well. In one account Mr. Andropov's home is graced with "European furniture," and in another with "modern Hungarian furniture." Unless...
...early to guess if Mr. Andropov will ever qualify to sing with such a group, pleasant light tenor or no pleasant light tenor. He would probably add Little Things Mean a Lot, neither a Chubby Checker nor a Glenn Miller hit, but a fitting theme song for a man whose life is being appraised from small angles. Alas, as the world unhappily discovers, little things do not always mean as much as the bigger ones, especially when one of the big things is the Soviet Union. But not to worry. For the moment it is enough to relish the portrait...
...years ago, the average retiree could expect payments of about 601 percent of his pre-retirement income: now, the figure is 90 percent. Yet the amount each recipient gets remains independent of need, so that for some Social Security provides bare subsistence, while for others it is a pleasant gift from Washington...