Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), was written by Associate Editor Walter Isaacson, who did a 1981 cover story on abortion. Behavior Writer John Leo, who wrote the story on the social and sexual implications of AIDS, was responsible for last year's provocative cover on the alarming spread of herpes...
When the Pope finally arrived, he met a cheering throng of almost 1 million, spread out as far as the eye could see. In the tumultuous welcome, red flags emblazoned with white Polish eagles waved above the crowd along with banners proclaiming SOLIDARITY IS ALIVE. Then, just as John Paul prepared to celebrate Mass, a solitary stork soared overhead. Many saw it as an omen of good fortune...
...amid hundreds of national flags and papal banners. A delegation from the Ursus Tractor Factory, once a hotbed of union activity, made its presence known with a sign reading URSUS WORKERS GREET THE POPE WITH SOLIDARITY. Another poster proclaimed: GOD, HONOR, HOMELAND, WE PRAY FOR THE PRISONERS. Security guards spread throughout the stadium made no attempt to pull down the offending slogans. But officers in blue berets were armed with movie cameras, which they trained on the crowd in an attempt to record the faces of those who were holding illegal banners...
Clad in a golden chasuble and wearing his gold mitre, John Paul held a crucifix in his left hand as he spread his arms wide to offer his blessing to the multitude. The Pope stood beneath a 40-ft. white crucifix with the image of Christ in reverse relief, as if the body had been scooped out of the cross, and delivered a homily in which he called for national reconciliation through "mutual dialogue and agreement." The crowd broke into applause when he declared that "I, too, have lived deeply the whole experience of these years since August...
...bouquet of red carnations at the base of the tall black granite and marble monument and paused to study the heroic figures in bas relief, representing the 69,000 Jews who held out against Nazi forces for three weeks. News of the Pope's unexpected arrival spread quickly. Poles rushed to the windows of drab prefabricated apartment blocks overlooking the monument and congregated in a park laid out after the war on the rubble of the ghetto...