Word: throughness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Not surprisingly, an industry has sprung up in the past few years to counsel lawyers who are less than content with their situation. "We might as well have a sign over our door that reads, 'Some of the most unhappy souls in the world come through these portals,' " says Larry...
The reaction in East Germany, another audience whose interests Kohl undoubtedly weighed, was more mixed. The parliament in East Berlin fulfilled one of Kohl's prerequisites -- for its own purposes, to be sure, not in order to please Kohl -- by eliminating the Communist Party's monopoly of power. But East...
"Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised," she says. "The middle class creates social revolutions. When a group of people are disproportionately concerned with daily survival, it's not likely that they have the resources to go to Washington and march. African-American women are marching...
Behemoths are not an exclusive of the dinosaur era. Some of them can still be spotted spouting in the oceans of the world. Seymour Simon's nonfiction * Whales (Crowell; $14.95) follows their astonishing life cycle as the babies drink 100 gal. of milk a day, breathe through a hole in...
By contrast, The Heartaches of a French Cat (Godine; $14.95) features a mute cast of felines. Author and illustrator Barbara McClintock places her 19th century tale onstage, where everything is expressed through the dramatic pose and the pregnant paws. Minette is pursued by the rakish Count Bisquet and the worthy...