Word: stoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Elliot Stone, executive director of the Health Data Consortium, refused to draw conclusions from the data, saying his group's goal was to supply information, not shape policy...
...sink like a stone...
...trade advertising campaign showing the gradual transformation of a hippie type, complete with beaded headband, into a blow-dried '80s woman. The tag: "We're not the Ms. we used to be." The campaign is reminiscent of a highly successful series of ads for another '60s-era publication, Rolling Stone, juxtaposing outdated "perceptions" of the magazine next to the "reality." Perception: a psychedelic van. Reality: a spiffy red sports...
...while it was relatively easy for Rolling Stone (circ. 1.18 million) to follow its franchise, rock 'n' roll, into the mainstream, Ms. and Mother Jones have not had as clear a path. Named after turn-of-the-century labor organizer Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones established itself as a passionate muckraker with a 1977 expose that alleged Ford had been aware of what turned out to be a fatal defect in its Pinto. Over the years the magazine has gradually increased its cultural coverage, a trend that will continue in its new incarnation. But the new Mother Jones will also...
...Hecht came looking for a tribute to a great man. He found an empty windswept park, a bunch of flowers and a stone fountain. Mr. Hecht, you were looking in the wrong place. Tributes to a great man are not found in statues, or parks or eternal flames. They are not found in TV specials, films or books. They are found in the hearts of people inspired by his greatness; by people determined to carry on the work he began...