Word: solider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gipper's words on Iran-contra are suddenly in fresh demand for some solid reasons that extend beyond courtrooms. They could affect his place in history. Observes Henry Graff, a presidential historian at Columbia University: "Reagan can't have it both ways. He can't be remembered as a piece of putty in the hands of activist conspirators and also someone who put his stamp on the times and yearns for a place on Mount Rushmore...
UB40: LABOUR OF LOVE II (Virgin). Ten sweet covers of reggae classics by a formidable British band whose respect for solid island soul is surpassed only by its unique skill in recapturing the magic of the originals...
...value during the last quarter of 1989. It suffered another blow last week when the credit-rating agency Moody's suddenly downgraded some debt issued by RJR Nabisco, which went private in a $25 billion buyout last year. The RJR securities had been viewed as among the most solid junk bonds. But investors were quick to flee; in two days, many RJR bonds lost $200 for each $1,000 of face value...
...once again proved Branagh an artist of unrivaled promise but unfinished growth. As a performer he was the most confident and compelling figure onstage without hogging attention. As a director he showed a keen and kindly sense of humor, recurrent sparks of visual and literary imagination and a solid gift for getting a story told. But the company he guided was uneven and, worse, unsubtle. There were almost no quiet moments of insight into the characters' souls. It would be hard to imagine better, more accessible productions for audiences seeing the plays for the first time or duller, more disappointing...
Most Western diplomats and scholars have long believed that Gorbachev's grip on power was solid because of his political skills: he purged large numbers of his political opponents, as well as the deadwood, at the top of the party. After more than four years of such culling, it seemed to Sovietologists that Gorbachev could not be toppled by traditional Kremlin plotting of the type that ended Nikita Khrushchev's reign in 1964. That analysis leaves open the question of a coup by the security forces, the army and the KGB. There has never been an army coup in Russia...