Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dispatch from Iran's official news agency quoted a naval commander as saying his ships would start minesweeping operations today, in international waters not specified, but would not work in the Fujairah area without permission...
After the hearings end this week, the President is expected to carry out his promise, figuratively if not literally, to "stand on the roof and yell." For some of his former staffers, however, the ordeal may be far from over. Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh is expected to start handing up indictments of the key players this month...
DIED. Joseph E. Levine, 81, flamboyant movie mogul (The Graduate, The Producers, Carnal Knowledge); in Greenwich, Conn. Levine got his start in the 1950s by distributing films, later financing Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. Levine was involved as producer, distributor or backer in 500 films...
...general was among the few Panamanians to keep office hours that day. The raid on the Diaz Herrera residence coincided with the start of a general strike called by a broad coalition of groups determined to topple Noriega. The work stoppage was the latest evidence of mounting pressure for Noriega's ouster. The unrest began two months ago when Diaz Herrera publicly charged Noriega with corruption, election fraud and masterminding the murder of a leading opponent. Since then, the clamor to dump Noriega has grown more insistent. Indeed, Reagan Administration officials, anxious for Noriega to step down, said privately last...
When American stage professionals head off to London for a busman's holiday of playgoing, the standard witticism is that they are getting a head start on the upcoming season back home. Britain, long a supplier of straight plays and now seemingly the only source of successful musicals, this past season exported shows that won twelve of Broadway's 19 Tony Awards. The current London stage features seven works already announced for U.S. production; others are under consideration. In addition are the star-cast classics, adaptations of great novels, formula thrillers, trousersdown farces and sociopolitical dramas that make London during...