Word: snared
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drivers still refuse to buckle up.* The most vigorous opponents of the Dole plan are safety activists and insurance companies who have lobbied persistently for mandatory air bags rather than the intrusive, easily detachable automatic seat belts favored by the auto industry. "It's a bloody snare and a mischievous delusion," said Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader. "I didn't believe [the Government] could be so Machiavellian in giving the auto companies a chance to do in the air bag once and for all." The State Farm Insurance Co. and the National Association of Independent Insurers have filed...
...weeks before, my photograph (jaw jutting, arms akimbo) had been on the cover of TIME magazine. With the insouciant hyperbole for which that publication is famous, the caption read "Taking Command." Inside, under a bold line reading "The 'Vicar' Takes Charge," the editors devoted several pages of snare-drum prose to an account of my life and a description of the Reagan foreign policy. ABC reported: "The sight of Alexander Haig taking command on the cover of TIME magazine was more than some of the President's aides could take, and since its publication there have been several obvious White...
...rest of "Chant," however, recalls the monumental medieval style of "Fantasia" with its variations on a horn call theme. Though the horn sounds are fantastic (as they should be, played by the London Symphony Orchestra), the electronic "bending," the twinkling synthesizer background in place of the militaristic snare detract from its medieval effect These same qualities adapt the album, however, very suitably to the Moon...
...cargo bay, a foot restraint was accidentally jogged and began floating away in space. "We can go get it," McCandless volunteered. But Commander Brand, exercising caution, immediately replied: "No, no, no, no." Instead, he maneuvered the shuttle toward the fleeing bit of hardware until McCandless could reach out and snare it. The balletic catch brought applause from the Houston controllers. McCandless was pleased too. Improvising on a slogan of an earlier shuttle crew, he joked, "We deliver, but we pick up also...
There was some stiltedness (does Schlesinger actually pontificate so?) and show boating (TV Journalist Hodding Carter, who played a senior adviser, may be too well-trained), but such behavior is not unknown at NSC meetings. In all, The Crisis Game, with its snare-drum theme, was just hokey enough to entertain and good enough to edify...