Word: thinning
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...President listened in tight-lipped concentration as the thin, wispy-haired writer graciously accepted his medal, handed it to his son Elisha, 12, and then turned to the sensitive topic everyone present had awaited: Reagan's intention to visit a West German cemetery at Bitburg, where 47 of the Third Reich's notorious Waffen SS troops, as well as some 2,000 regular German soldiers, lie buried. As criticism mounted, Reagan had belatedly added a concentration camp to his itinerary next month in West Germany, where he will help Chancellor Helmut Kohl observe the 40th anniversary of the ending...
Shaken by the reaction in the U.S., a senior official in Bonn looked back at the furor and put the issues in a broader perspective. Said he: "No one could have imagined how thin the ice was we were gliding on. History comes through so easily, so quickly. Now all the controversy is directed against the President. But afterward, it might be directed against the Germans . . . Even 40 years may not be long enough, even 50 years, even an entire change of generation...
...separates two German histories. The moral rebirth of Germany after the war was, and is, premised on a radical discontinuity with the Nazi past. The new Germany is built around the thin strand of decency, symbolized by people like Adenauer and Brandt, that reaches back to the pre-Nazi era. If history is what the President wants to acknowledge, it is this German history that deserves remembrance. For Kohl and Reagan to lay a wreath at Bitburg is to subvert, however thoughtlessly, the discontinuity that is the moral foundation of the new Germany...
...major danger facing King these days seems to be spreading himself too thin. Along with his two nightly talk shows, he is host of a worldwide call-in program on the Voice of America, writes a weekly column for USA Today and does color commentary for a regional cable sports network. To lighten the load a bit, King has cut his Mutual show from five to four hours a night. That means he can usually get to bed by 4:30 a.m. at the Arlington, Va., condominium he shares with his daughter Chaia, 17. (King has been divorced three times...
...advisory, the victim described the suspect as a black male, 30-35 years of age, 5’8” to 5’11” tall, and weighing around 160 pounds. She also described him as having very short hair, an emaciated facial structure, very thin arms, and clad in a black puffy jacket and dark jeans...