Word: spokenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...another episode, Crockett's infatuation with a new girlfriend is distracting him from a case involving a gang of murderous youths. One morning he fails to show up for surveillance duty with Tubbs, who as a result is beaten up by a pair of thugs. No words are spoken between the partners; everything is conveyed by looks of recrimination and guilt. Indeed, the pair say nothing at all to each other until Crockett's redemption at the episode's end, when he comes to Tubbs' aid in a tight spot. Again there are no heavy- handed closeups or explicit dialogue...
...rising heat from popular and congressional anger over his Administration's tolerant attitude toward South Africa's policy of apartheid was clearly being felt by President Reagan. On Friday, at a hastily called Washington press conference, he conceded that he had spoken "carelessly" last month when he said that South Africa had eliminated racial segregation. An even more dramatic turnaround is in the offing. According to a senior Administration official, the President this week will announce a series of Executive actions that represent a stunning reversal of his Administration's stalwart rejection of legislated economic sanctions against South Africa...
...fact that the mass movements of people into schools, government buildings and motels were accomplished so effectively. Early warnings by the National Hurricane Center and prompt action by civil-preparedness teams minimized the loss of life: Elena was blamed for only four deaths. Florida Governor Bob Graham must have spoken for many when he said, "I think we dodged a very dangerous bullet. I think it creased us, but it didn't hit a vital organ...
...General Secretary formally passed his answers to TIME's written questions, signed by him, across the table. "I'm giving this to you in a green folder," said Gorbachev. "Not even a hint of the export of revolution." He then began the spoken interview with an opening statement...
...that the U.S. legal system protects the nation's traditional values. To progressives, he is an overreaching ideologue intent on using the Justice Department to dismantle two decades of legal advances. After just six months in office, Edwin Meese has proved to be one of the most blunt-spoken and activist Attorneys General since the New Deal. At his ceremonial swearing-in last March, the country's chief lawyer made his new role clear: "This department will be fiercely independent in . . . upholding the law. But this is not inconsistent with conscientiously and vigorously implementing the President's philosophy, which...