Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BERLIN--Hundreds of thousands of East Germans marched for democracy last night, the eve of a trip to Moscow by new leader Egon Krenz for talks with the Soviet bloc's champion of reform, Mikhail S. Gorbachev...
...down a dare. The California firm, which provides equipment to protect mainframes against interlopers, challenged U.S. computer hackers to crack its code during a weeklong contest. In messages sent to electronic bulletin boards frequently used by hackers, LeeMah promised that any successful code breaker would win a trip for two to St. Moritz or Tahiti. More than 7,000 phone calls came into LeeMah from dozens of hackers trying to beat the system, but none were able to retrieve the hidden message in the computer. The odds against them, estimated LeeMah: 720 quadrillion...
...After a trip to Pearl city hall to write one last check, Malone heads back to the site. The Mississippi Power & Light man is already there, and a Pearl police officer stops by to inform Malone that the move will be delayed until after a funeral passes through town. Malone looks annoyed. He kicks some sod, readjusts his blue Malone House Moving cap and struts over to the rig to recheck the house's support system...
Ostensibly, Stevens sets out to write an account of his motor trip. But he tells a story that he only begins to understand when it and his journey are all but over. He cannot forget Lord Darlington, dead now three years, the gentleman whom he served for so long. He defends his late master against the initially unspecified "utter nonsense" that has been written and spoken about him since the end of World War II. And he fusses over the attributes that create a "great" butler, finally coming up with a definition that satisfies him: "And let me now posit...
Ronald Reagan has been paid $2 million in honoraria by a Japanese business. His expense-paid trip to Japan included a couple of speeches and many more meals. Sure, Reagan possesses the dignity of his former office. But it's for sale to the highest bidder. (And Japanese business has deep pockets...