Word: reporters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perestroika, our Moscow bureau has chronicled the stunning make-over of the Soviet Union. For Blackman, who arrived in 1987 after 17 years in Washington, delving into Gorbachev's odd combination of internal imbroglios and dynamic foreign policy has proved the opportunity of a lifetime. Says Blackman: "For a reporter today, Moscow is the big rock-candy mountain. There's a story on every street corner." Last month she and Kohan scoured the country to report TIME's special issue on the "new" Soviet Union. Shevardnadze called it a "fitting title." The 3,000 copies of the magazine available...
Egyptians are justly proud of their Pharaonic heritage, and whenever there is a report that monuments are threatened, a public outcry quickly follows. But in a country that cannot provide enough housing or food for its people, preserving and restoring antiquities is far from the top of the domestic political agenda. The budget this year for archaeological preservation is a mere $6 million, virtually all of it from the fees tourists pay to visit the monuments and museums...
...years ago that pillars in the courtyard of Amenhotep III were leaning ominously. They are now propped up with wooden scaffolding, while preservation experts decide what to do next. The temple's limestone walls have cracked, and the Battle of Kadesh carved on its massive pylons has faded. A report suggesting ways to stabilize the ground underneath them from leaning farther is expected soon...
...rapid consolidation in the airline industry has created consumer benefits as well as disadvantages. The easing of the fare wars has enabled major airlines to make a profit, which in turn has fostered better service. The Department of Transportation's latest monthly report on airline performance indicates that fewer consumers are writing to the Government to gripe about problems like lost or damaged baggage. Only 933 complaints were registered last month, down from 2,100 a year earlier...
...always do that either. The most searing experience of his life occurred over two days in November 1917, when he was captured by the Turks and beaten and raped before he escaped. In 1919, submitting a report of this event to British authorities in Cairo, Lawrence altered key details: "Hajim was an ardent paederast and took a fancy to me. So he kept me under guard till night, and then tried to have me. I was unwilling, and prevailed after some difficulty." Years later, he wrote a rather different description to George Bernard Shaw's wife Charlotte, the correspondent with...