Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fighting chance to survive. But as one Western diplomat observed: "If the Shah with the help of the military still fails to implement reforms, he's finished. It's not an exaggeration to say that he's now right on the edge of the precipice, with one false step sending him hurtling to the bottom...
...Five: Resurrection, Glory and Immortality. The field is cleared just long enough for Champi to step back and rifle the ball left to sophomore Peter Varney at the goal line. It may well be the most crisp, least frantic Champi-orchestrated call of the afternoon. Whatever, exeunt omnes...
...Because they lack market power, farmers have been forced to sign contracts which commit the farmer to grow a certain crop for a certain price. If a farmer has had a bad year and goes into debt, a common occurance in such an unpredictable business, the corporate contractor can step in and tell the farmer how to run his farm...
...goals-contained little in the way of major news or promise for the new Parliament. The most important item in the Queen's speech was an assurance to Scottish and Welsh nationalists that there would be referendums on March 1 on local assemblies for these areas-the first step toward devolution, or limited home rule. Opposed by Thatcher's Tories, who have 281 seats, and the Liberal Party (13), Callaghan's Labor minority of 312 can now stay in power only with the help of smaller parties. Callaghan needs the votes, or at least the abstentions...
...doctor. The grandmother: Simone Signoret. "I was seduced by Moreau's persistence. I like to be chosen," says Signoret. She also likes her director. "Moreau gives actors intelligent explanations, as few directors who have never been actors can," she explains. As for Moreau, she regards directing as a step up. Says she: "It's as if a woman used to darning goes into fine embroidery...