Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bush, along with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is convinced that rushing into missile negotiations with the Soviets before a conventional-arms pact is struck would be a mistake. But West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has been pressing for a quick start to missile talks to shore up his shaky domestic political position...
...books in his cell and converses easily about the works of Dostoyevsky and B.F. Skinner. "I'm really a loving and caring person," he protests. "I hunger for knowledge. My pain and suffering have stroked my ability to be intellectual. If the system wasn't so quick to incarcerate me as a child, I could have become a well-known attorney. I could have been a Senator...
Many in the audience remained unimpressed. One stockholder, Ed Rothschild, president of the Citizen-Labor Energy Coalition, called on Rawl to resign. "The answer is no," came the chairman's quick reply. He also rebuffed several shareholders who suggested that he donate some of his own money -- his salary in 1988 was $1.4 million -- to the cleanup effort...
...protecting archaeological finds. Since 1973, London's monuments have been safeguarded largely through officially sanctioned voluntary pacts between developers and archaeologists. The agreements basically give scientific teams time to investigate all sites exposed by the digging of construction crews. The costs are borne by the developers, who have been quick to see the public relations advantage. Last year they provided $9 million for explorations at 162 sites in the London area. But the effort amounts mostly to a delay in construction. After archaeologists record their findings and salvage some artifacts, most sites are leveled. More than 80% of the city...
COVER: Noriega brazenly steals an election, mugging its winners and provoking a quick U.S. reaction...