Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...should thank God for its geographical position. Such threatening neighbors it has -- Canada and Mexico! Don't print that. I don't want to offend the Canadians and Mexicans. The point is that Americans are living in safety. Except for nuclear weapons, an enemy cannot reach the U.S. Our political and geographical situation is completely different. We are located between Europe and Asia and are encircled by American bases. No matter what conflict might arise in the world, the U.S. can quite easily deploy its armed forces without rushing. No such thing for us. If the situation became serious...
...usual selling point of skin-care products is to protect against sun, wind and weather. Now trend-alert cosmetic companies hope to wage a profitable war against an additional foe: pollution. Chanel touts the ability of its new Prevention Serum (price: $50 for 1.35 oz.) to counteract "environmental impurities." Estee Lauder's Skin Defender lotion ($45 for 0.9 oz.) promises to shield against the "onslaught of irritants from pollution." The treatments typically contain sunscreen plus ingredients designed to neutralize so-called free radicals, the highly reactive molecules found in some air pollutants...
...Northwesterners are so charitable. Many have refined the art of California bashing, good humored and otherwise. One auto dealer makes it a point to steer his auto-financing business to local rather than California lenders. The Puget Sound National Bank boasts in TV commercials of being the last locally owned bank in the state. TV anchors play to the crowd by deriding Californians for building show-off "French chateaus." And radio station KEZX has been airing a new local folk song, Don't Come to Seattle...
...fall of potential rivals to Carson -- from Alan Thicke to Joan Rivers -- has become an industry joke. But Hall is the first to catch on, and he has done it by reaching out to a new group of viewers. It is not Carson's audience, Hall likes to point out, but Carson's audience's children. "The Tonight show is an institution," says Steve Allen, who started it all back in 1954. "But with each tick of the clock, its advantage disappears. The Tonight show audience is dying every day." No need to convince Mel Harris, president of Paramount Television...
...Reebok T shirt and unlaced sneakers. "I was born to do this. When I'm in the spotlight, I'm gone. I love it more than anything in the world. When everyone is barking and screaming, it's the best feeling I've ever felt, like a three- point jumper with one second left in the championship game against Boston. Better than an orgasm...