Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enemy fire since the U.S. stopped raids in Viet Nam. That raised the chilling prospect of U.S. air strikes' killing some of the almost 6,000 Soviet technicians who are manning Syrian ground-to-air missile sites. But both superpowers are sharply aware of the peril and are conducting quiet ambassadorial exchanges on how to avoid such consequences...
Lafayette here becomes a tale of high heroism, not by the marquis but by his quiet, self-effacing wife Adrienne. As relatives were falling to the guillotine all around her and the family's assets were confiscated, she responded with Fayettesque valor. Briefly imprisoned, Adrienne found food and housing for her family, began caring for destitute friends-including her husband's mistress-and waged a vigorous letter-writing campaign to win his freedom...
...time cash registers fall quiet on Saturday night, retailers expect to see a holiday season sales gain of up to 15% over last year. This would make 1983 the strongest Yule since 1977, and even that could turn out to be a conservative prediction. Says Esther Brunswig, manager of the Emporium-Capwell department store in Palo Alto, Calif.: "We're going to have the biggest Christmas ever. Everything is selling." Merchants ranging from Gucci in Beverly Hills to the McRae's department store chain in Jackson, Miss., are ringing up their highest daily revenues on record. Last week...
...Heisman winner was Jim Plunkett of San Jose, Calif, and Stanford, a blind news-vendor's son, quiet-spoken but strong-armed, as husky as a linebacker. In today's terms, he was not only John Elway, the top draft choice, but also Dan Marino, the rookie of the year. The Heisman runner-up or, the way he looked at it, the "loser," was Joe Theismann of South River, N.J., and Notre Dame, a mouthy wraith. He still says, "The classic line of the No. 2 guy is that it was enough just to be considered. That...
Facing up to the debt crisis will be the sternest test for Lusinchi, a pediatrician who has spent 40 years working for Action Democratica, chiefly as a quiet but effective grass-roots organizer. Though he is a populist by inclination, he will confront the need to administer a stiff dose of austerity after taking office next February...