Word: silents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Myerson's troubles began last month, when she invoked her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent during an appearance before the grand jury. She informed Koch of the incident only after a local television newscast reported it two weeks ago. Although Myerson explained that she had taken the Fifth on the advice of her lawyer, the mayor was distressed. Just six months earlier, he had threatened to fire city officials who failed to cooperate in such probes. Said Koch: "I want to find out the reasons for her appearance at the grand jury and whether her taking the Fifth Amendment...
...World War II infantry company is torn by a mortal struggle between two officers -- one messianic, the other deranged -- while a young man's loyalty hangs in the balance. Platoon's narration, in the form of Chris' letters to his grandmother, is often as stilted and redundant as silent-movie title cards. When a naive new boy shows Chris a photo of his sweetheart, you just know that, in the best '40s-movie fashion, the guy's a goner...
Bush's discipline in that regard has been astonishing. At White House meetings, he stays mostly silent. One man who has attended hundreds of small sessions with Bush says he has no idea what the Vice President really thinks. When the aides who prepare him for his weekly one-on-one luncheon with the President grow curious about the fate of their ideas and ask about Reagan's reactions, the Vice President clams up. He is determined that no one discern differences between himself and the President...
Officials in several East European countries have also begun confronting narcotics use -- and encountering similar problems. As recently as 1980, Poland was the only East-bloc nation in which drug abuse was openly discussed. Today only Bulgaria, Rumania and East Germany remain silent on the issue. In Hungary, experts estimate that between 30,000 and 50,000 people abuse drugs. In Poland, one out of every ten youths is believed to use narcotics at least occasionally. Says Warsaw Sociologist Antoni Bielewicz: "The numbers are staggering, and there is no end in sight...
...chronology that North had prepared with CIA assistance last November. "People are coming to grips with the fact that North just doesn't tell the truth very much," said one Reagan aide. But the tactic could backfire if the two rogue former NSC staffers, who have so far kept silent, decide to start talking. "So we're throwing Ollie over the side?" mused a White House official after watching the week's events. "That's not very smart...