Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...witty women. His body tolerates terrific burdens. He wears out whole squads of secretaries. He talks down platoons of men who have hated and now love him. He is no umbrella-fancier, and he carries a cane not to support his 65-year-old body but to prod, strike and point with. He is persistent. The way he got the unwilling Lord Beaverbrook into his Cabinet was to call him up every two hours, day and night, for 36 hours. He knows no fear. During air raids, he often rushes into the gardens of No. 10 with no protection...
...Wolfe's Masters of the Universe. Moralists bemoaned what they saw as a sanctification of greed--not only in the U.S. but also in Margaret Thatcher's Britain, Helmut Kohl's West Germany and, of all places, Red China. But unlike in the irrationally exuberant 1920s, disaster did not strike. Though stocks fell even faster on Oct. 19, 1987, than they had in 1929, they bounced back higher than ever, setting the stage for what could soon become the longest period of economic expansion in history. Something fundamental had happened to the boom-and-bust cycle that had charted...
...nuisance to lug around gas masks and protective gear, but no one complains. For the troops on the ground, the greatest fear is of chemical attack, a strike by an enemy they cannot see. The closer to the front, the more raw the nerves. mres, or Meals, Ready to Eat, are the soldiers' most accessible enemy. Everyone hates them. Egyptian soldiers refused them. Only ravenous Iraqi prisoners of war wolf them down--including the chewing gum. When the milk runs out, there is pineapple drink to pour on the cornflakes...
...goal is to be a touchstone for this common sense. Rather than strike a pose of pessimism about all values, we must hew to certain basic ones, such as doing what's best for our kids. Rather than view individual rights as being at odds with a compassionate sense of community, we must understand that America's historic magic has been to create a social fabric that is strong because it weaves these two strands together...
WASHINGTON: Flesh fanciers everywhere toasted last year's Supreme Court ruling that made the Net safe for porn. Now Playboy is hoping the high court's evident distaste for "indecency" laws will help the company strike down similar rules for cable TV. Currently the FCC says so-called indecent shows can be broadcast only from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. "They're told either scramble their dirty pictures or put them on when there are fewer kids in the audience," explains Bruce Taylor, president of the National Law Center for Children and Families. The Playboy Channel has sued the government...