Word: safe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Peruvian singer whose song, "Don't Make Love to Me" had a chorus of "No, no, no, no, no." In Peru--where lack of censorship allows the sale of Victor Jara's music--Chile's neighbors and exiles voted with speeches, conferences, and wishes. They, for now, are safe. But in Chile, with Pinochet conscious of the strong opposition, terror grows...
Many Americans have been retreating to the shrine of national memory. Never have so many anniversaries been observed, so many nostalgias set glowing, as if retrospection were now the only safe and reliable line of sight. You are, among other things, what you remember, or believe you remember. The past has become a persistent presence in the American mind...
Whereas August, 7, 1989, marks the 200th anniversary of the signing by President Washington of the Lighthouse Act; and Whereas that Act, established a Federal role in the support, maintenance, and repair of al lighthouse, beacon buoys, and public piers necessary for safe navigation; commissioned the Federal lighthouse, and represents the first public work fast Federal lighthouse, and represents the first public works Act in the young country; and Whereas lighthouses played an integral role in the rich maritime history of the United States as that history spread from the Atlantic coast, through the Great Lakes and Gulf coast...
...living room, but he has decided not to finish the other rooms. Too many uncertainties. Boxes are stacked against the back windows so that they might stop a fire bomb. Beside the telephone is the number of the FBI. The Sleds have warned their relatives that it is not safe to visit them. "Half of these people have more schooling than I could ever get, and yet they do this," says Donald, his eyes shaded by a Chicago Bears cap. "I can't understand...
Sitcoms, too, are playing it safe this fall; the ambitious "dramedies" of the past few seasons have mostly been supplanted by old-fashioned gag comedies. That isn't necessarily bad. The season's funniest new show, NBC's Dear John, hardly advances the art of the sitcom, but it surely restocks it with human-scale humor. Judd Hirsch stars as a divorced schoolteacher gingerly exploring the single life. On his first visit to a singles group, he meets a sly assemblage of oddballs, including a group leader fixated on sex and a hilariously sleazy skirt chaser (Jere Burns doing...