Word: sun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bloodshot, and his raspy speech is punctuated with third-degree coughs and sniffles. "I'm sick as a dog," he growls. The dense smoke on the fire line in Northern California's Klamath National Forest has cut visibility to a lung-searing 150 ft. It is eclipsing the sun like a primordial fog and slowly choking the solemn line of fire fighters. Brand, 26, from Kentfield, Calif., pauses occasionally on the steep slope to vomit discreetly in the woods. "This is unhealthy as hell," he says, directing his crew toward a smoldering hot spot. "But I love fighting fires. When...
...current system of the prime time televised press conference has had its day in the sun," Kalb said. "It is no longer an effective means of communication between the President and the people. It is political theater...
...they said, was to dislodge or reform a government that has repeatedly violated Haiti's new constitution. At the height of the protests this summer, the day was rare when the ramshackle boulevards of Port-au-Prince were not blocked by barriers of flaming tires. Each day, as the sun slipped in the sky and the air grew cooler, bands of boys played soccer around the debris. By evening, the thick black smoke enveloped the city. The sunsets were brown...
Aubelin Jolicoeur lives here in a stucco house that looks out over a garden. As the sun sets behind his terrace, the bougainvillea, like a tropical cliche, begins to cast its mysterious evening shadows. "The government absolutely believes in elections," says Jolicoeur, whom Greene immortalized in The Comedians in the character of the vicious -- but charming -- Petit Pierre. He sips at his champagne. "Why, Bill called me in just this morning," he says, referring to General Regala. "All he could talk about was elections, elections, elections. For three hours. He asked me to begin a series of profiles...
...American industry is quality. The most obvious improvement has been in Detroit, where automakers were shamed in the 1970s by their products' poor performance. Today in the Hewlett Packard parking lot in California's Silicon Valley, where not long ago a U.S.-made car was a rare find, the sun shimmers off the sleek bodies of hundreds of Ford Taurus sedans. The electronics company was so impressed with the style and solidness of the autos that it bought a fleet of 8,000 for staffers to drive...