Word: return
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...turned out to be a prescription for business as usual. But the Kissinger plan is fundamentally flawed. It seeks from the men in the Kremlin something they are already willing to grant -- latitude for diversity and liberalization in the "fraternal" countries of Eastern Europe. And it offers in return assurances that have little to do with the Soviets' real fears -- political deterioration inside the bloc, not a military threat from outside. Moreover, the forces that stand ready to exploit the trouble are also internal, not external; they are domestic hard-liners, not CIA or Pentagon mischief-makers...
...during the Japanese occupation. Ralph Graves, who knew the islands as the teenage stepson of the U.S. High Commissioner during 1939-41, re- creates the prewar colonial atmosphere, the swift arrival of the enemy after Pearl Harbor and the struggle to survive until General Douglas MacArthur's triumphant return. Graves, the last managing editor of the weekly LIFE and a retired editorial director of Time Inc., deploys a diverse cast of characters (American, Filipino and Japanese) whose fates are joined in a narrative that combines the observations of good journalism with the emotional impact of perceptive fiction...
...cheap. Two corporate dropouts, Glenn Partin and Richard Rogers, founded At Your Service last year in Winter Park, Fla. They are typical of the growing number of entrepreneurs who will perform any service within their expertise, for anywhere between $25 and $50 an hour. They chauffeur people to airports, return video tapes, cater parties. "I can pick up the phone and ask them to do anything," says Debbie Findura, 35, a part- time real estate agent who has called them to fix a light bulb that broke off in the socket, remove a live lizard she found in her oven...
...designation makes Cambridge Hospital eligible for federal funding to employ a public health service physician, said John G. O'Brien, hospital administrator, in an interview yesterday. In return for federally funded medical education, a public health service physician--in this case Dr. Molly Clark--agrees to practice for six years wherever the government deems necessary...
...exuberance Shyjan emphatically slammed the ball back to his opponent's side of the court, earning a code violation (a loss of one point) for abuse of ball. Shyjan did not appear the least bit fazed, eventually wrapping up the set with a sharply-angled crosscourt return of serve. He cruised through the second set, winning the last four games...