Word: reade
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact is that the cultural world of the 1980s is split so deeply into two unequal realms--those who read the classics and those who don't--that the New York Times is assured of a chuckle by headlining an opinion piece "Aristotle, Tolstoy, Donald Duck, Beast Literature," even if the reader doesn't know that the last item is an allusion to Harvard's Literature and Arts...
...first major interview since the HUD scandal came to light, Samuel Pierce met last week with TIME correspondents Michael Riley and Nancy Traver. At his request, 13 questions to be asked were sent to Pierce in writing beforehand. During the four-hour discussion, he frequently read from handwritten notes. Excerpts...
...first glance, the slim volume with the red cover that found its way into the mailboxes of a few foreigners in Beijing last week read like one of the impassioned tracts circulated by Chinese students during their protests last spring. On closer scrutiny, however, the language was far harsher than anything the students ever wrote. Deng Xiaoping, the booklet charged, "is only an opportunist" whose "erroneous leadership" has betrayed "genuine Marxism-Leninism." Unlike the students, who castigated Deng for not carrying reforms far enough, the book accuses him of hurtling mindlessly down "the capitalist road." The solution: "Overthrow that handful...
Martinez was hustled to the federal courthouse in Atlanta early Thursday, where at a preliminary hearing U.S. Magistrate Joel M. Feldman read a thick list of charges accusing him of laundering millions of dollars for the cartel. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 30 years in prison. In Washington officials were exultant. "I applaud the extraordinary courage of President Virgilio Barco and the government of Colombia in their effort to restore the rule of law," said Attorney General Dick Thornburgh...
...face unique problems in following the President's exhortation to "talk to your children about drugs." For such parents, family-style drug education often comes down to awkward choices like lying about their own past, feigning a remorse that they do not feel, or piously ordering their children to read lips rather than re- enact deeds. More subtle messages can get lost in the adolescent fog. One 17-year-old I know well seems to misinterpret his parents' preachments about the particularly addictive nature of cocaine to mean, choose prudently from the cornucopia of other drugs available at your local...