Word: sheerness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fortunately for the dignity of fans, every publishing season brings along at least a few items of sufficient literary merit or sheer entertainment value to make a mystery addiction seem respectable. This year's leading entries come from two old hands at humor, one regaining his form after several lean years, the other moving on to complex sociological terrain. Also affording special pleasure are a Sherlockian pastiche from an elder statesman, the eagerly awaited return of two detectives whose creator prefers plumbing the darkest of psyches, a couple of hard-boiled escapades centered on the trade in illegal immigrants...
Even so, Gorbachev again and again surmounted the mixed popular feelings with his friendly spontaneity and sheer star quality. He reminded many Poles of another crowd-pleasing occasional visitor, Pope John Paul II, except that the former Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Cracow did not need to have his remarks translated into Polish. At many stops, copies of Gorbachev's book Restructuring and New Thinking were thrust into his face by fans seeking autographs. Gorbachev usually complied, though when a young fan at a wreath- laying ceremony in Warsaw passed his green neckerchief for a signature, the Soviet leader demurred...
Looking back, Jackson observes that the sheer mass of information that now flows freely to reporters under Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's policies can, in a sense, make reporting from Moscow even harder. "There is an availability of sources unheard of in the past," Jackson says, "and a past that had not been heard of before. Now we do current events and history all at once...
...that in all his jobs "I don't think anybody has accused me of not having my say." Notably small in stature (around 5 ft. 5 in.), he compensates with aggressiveness and a reputation for wearing down opponents, on the tennis court or in the corridors of power, by sheer tenacity...
...they used for navigation by businesses, policy planners and researchers but they also exert a powerful pull over the tides of the economy. A high monthly figure for the trade deficit, for example, can send floods of money rushing out of the stock market in a sell-off. The sheer quantity of statistics available is immense. Nearly every business day the U.S. Government releases one indicator or another, from the Consumer Price Index and capacity utilization to retail sales and housing starts. Too often, however, the overall impact of the numbers is to generate confusion and anxiety. Some...