Word: sided
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
CYNDI LAUPER: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (Epic). It takes a while for her to find her pace, but when she hits Side 2, Lauper burns up the tracks. Warmhearted, rambunctious and (in the words of one memorable tune) winningly Insecurious...
TIME's Walter Isaacson and Michal Donath were the only journalists present as the two men talked, sitting side by side, Havel animated and excited, Dubcek reserved and stiff. "I was expecting every miracle today except that I would meet you," said the playwright. The aging politician recalled one of Havel's plays, though none have been performed in Czechoslovakia since 1968. Havel leaped up and gathered a stack of foreign editions that had been smuggled into the country. "I will sign them for you in green ink because green is the color of hope, and I am an optimist...
...local courts, translation may be a free-lance project for the secretary who speaks a little French or a favor requested from a relative of the defendant. "A family member is the worst person you can use," says Maureen Dunn, an interpreter for the deaf. "They have their own side of the story, and they add and omit things." Besides, interpretation is a sophisticated art. It demands not only a broad vocabulary and instant recall but also the ability to reproduce tone and nuance and a good working knowledge of street slang. "Most people believe that if you are bilingual...
...country's leading politicians of corruption. The injured politician denounces his accuser. The government launches an investigation, and the investigators blast the candidate. The incident would not be out of place in a Western capital. But this, last week, was the Soviet Union, which is finding that one side effect of glasnost is political alley fighting in public...
...Yellowstone still lives and is as wondrous as ever. Every 78 minutes or so, Old Faithful clears its throat and sends its geyser spumes as much as 180 ft. into the sky, just as it always has. Bison and elk graze side by side on Swan Lake Flats, and the evening chorus of coyotes calling one another to the hunt echoes hauntingly again across canyons. And soon the RVs, the Conestoga wagons of the late 20th century, will be circling up in campgrounds during summer evenings...