Word: possessives
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...story structures, pastel, neo-Spanish, neo-20th Century-Fox. Even the ficus trees lining the street seem to be part of a grand design by Potemkin. Still, the veteran spendthrift arriving on Rodeo Drive has a sense of déjà vu. No, the street does not possess the discreet elegance of Paris' Rue du Faubourg-St.-Honoré, the stylishness of Rome's Via Condotti or the hustling excitement of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. But the very rich find most of the store names cozy and familiar: Courrèges, Fred Joaillier, Gucci, Hermes. Bally, Céline, Ted Lapidus, Bilari, Nazareno Gabrielli...
Jack was still favoring his bad leg, and he did not possess his usual speed and ability to shift, but his strength and intelligence on the ice were awesomely apparent...
...another favorite KGB cover. European intelligence experts estimate that 105 to 135 KGB agents are assigned to the U.N. in Europe. One is Alexander Benyaminov, appointed in 1976 to the data processing section of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a post that puts him in contact with those who possess nuclear secrets. Often the Soviet ambassador to a country is a full-fledged KGB agent. In Greece, he is Ivan Udaltsov, who, while serving as counselor at the Soviet embassy in Prague, helped to crush the Czech reform regime of Alexander Dubcek in 1968. Three months after he arrived...
...great rival Communist powers-the Soviet Union and China-each possess imposing oil reserves that are bound to become important factors in the world's struggle to avert a full-fledged energy crisis. Yet because both nations are so secretive, outsiders have had trouble analyzing their true capabilities or intentions. Some Western experts fear that the looming international competition for available supplies could lead to political and perhaps even military confrontations...
...most productive wells, notably the huge Samotlor field and those along the Urals (see map), would soon be drying up. Thus, concluded the CIA, the Soviets will become net importers of oil by the mid-1980s. Reason: they are pumping too much too fast and do not possess the technology needed to bring in new wells in the forbidding climes of the Arctic Circle and Bering Sea. Says Energy Secretary James Schlesinger: "If anything, the CIA report was optimistic...