Word: tu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often understand it, but in most societies first-naming- without the intermediate process of a seasoning relationship - seems rude and even disruptive. Too quick first-naming is like stepping into that critical distance within which an animal will attack a trespasser. The French still maintain fairly rigorous distinctions between tu (for animals, children up to 15, family members, close friends, lovers and, in some cases, professional colleagues) and vous (for everyone else). The same rules apply for first names. Many cultures have developed wonder fully elaborate forms of address to delineate relationships, to mark their progress. Russians, for example...
...average of three times monthly, a Soviet Tu-16 "Badger" reconnaissance jet roars off from the world's largest military base, just outside Murmansk, and heads westward to probe Norway's air defenses. Alerted by radar, a vast ultramodern command center in the craggy mountain range of northern Norway scrambles two Norwegian Royal Air Force F-104G Starfighters. The fighters usually intercept the Badger within a few minutes; one of them hangs off the Soviet craft's tail, while the other flies just ahead of its nose. The lead Norwegian Starfighter will then waggle its wings...
...Communists now call it Ho Chi Minh City, but it still looks much like the old Saigon-at least at first glance. A stroll along busy Tu Do Street-renamed Dong Khoi, the Street of the Simultaneous Uprising-remains one of the most fascinating city walks in the world, a gauntlet of boutiques, cafés and attractive women in the traditional ao dai-a long, slit-skirted dress. In sharp contrast with Hanoi, where I found nearly everything in short supply, Saigon's peddlers hawk an abundance of goods, from government-sponsored lottery tickets to ceramic elephants...
...weighs 230 Ibs. To the black men, his florid face has many colors, and his nose is big enough, by his own boast, to "smell the whole world with." Henderson is also a psychological mess. His quest is for knowledge of Grun tu molani (the way to live). What he carries with him is the doom of self-doubt. "Well, Your Highness, you've got a good thing here," he says to Itelo, prince of the gentle Arnewi. But in a vainglorious attempt to rid the Arnewi of a plague of frogs, Henderson blows up their only reservoir. They...
...York City area, at least on an experimental basis. For one thing, banning it might be a futile attempt to block the inevitable. Supersonic travel, after all, is probably here to stay, if only because greater speed has always been the primary goal of transportation development. The Soviet supersonic TU-144 is said to be hauling cargo between Moscow and Alma Ata, while nearly 15,000 passengers-admittedly, a small minority of transatlantic travelers-have already flown the Concorde to Europe. They are delighted by its speed, if not its comfort. For another thing, a ban on the Concorde would...