Word: secretes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shevardnadze apparently had no better luck in Kabul. Najibullah, a former Afghan secret-police chief installed as Afghanistan's Communist leader 20 months ago, has been angling to ensure his own domination of any future government. Shevardnadze appears to be growing impatient, and he issued a thinly veiled warning to Afghans who place "personal aspirations above the interests of the nation." Or, more to the point, above Moscow's determination to bring Ivan home...
...intended only to suggest that whoever wins the contest's $10 million grand prize might wind up in such a mansion. "I've known all along it is a wonderful house," said its current occupant, Emory President James Laney. "But I've been trying to keep it a secret...
...identify Camarena's chief questioner, a man who spoke in the practiced manner of a police interrogator. At one point Camarena was heard answering him, "Si, comandante." Partly on the basis of informants' claims, DEA officials believe the comandante was Sergio Espino Verdin, formerly chief in Guadalajara of a secret police unit run by the Interior Ministry. Espino Verdin, yet another of those indicted last week, was arrested by Mexican police last year and charged with Camarena's murder. But authorities have vetoed the agency's requests for extensive samples of his voice on tape so that they...
...first time Dwight Eisenhower met General Bernard Law Montgomery in 1942, the irascible British commander outranked the American newcomer and made no secret of his feelings on the matter. Required to give Eisenhower a briefing, he arrived very late and said, "I'm sorry I'm late, but I really shouldn't have come at all." While Montgomery approached a wall map with his pointer, Eisenhower lit a cigarette. Without turning around, Montgomery stopped his briefing and demanded, "Who's smoking...
...models. Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator: instead of an amiable hunk like Reynolds, an incredible hulk, muscle-bound and soul-bare -- Robo-star. Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop II: instead of the wailing bantam Pryor, a strutting rooster, increasingly aloof from his genial gifts. Michael J. Fox in The Secret of My Success: instead of the teen queen, a yuppie pup, too eager to make it, too hungry to charm. He was a scrubbed-up version of the rich preppie Ringwald usually ditched in the last reel...