Word: twinned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suburb of South London. Eldest Daughter Cordelia has finally given up the violin, much to the relief of her mother and siblings, who believe, as Rose, the narrator, says, that "to play an instrument badly was as shameful as any crime short of murder." Rose and her twin sister Mary practice the piano daily and dream of their futures on concert stages across Europe. The precocious little brother, Richard Quin, grows more charming, while Cousin Rosamund, withdrawn and beautiful, becomes effectively a member of this fatherless family...
...peaceful coexistence and detente, largely so that the leadership can tend to the economy. The U.S.S.R. desires recognition as a superpower, equal in status and privilege with the U.S. It also wants what Soviet spokesmen call "compensation" for various perceived or alleged geopolitical disadvantages and grievances. In practice, the twin claims of equality and compensation mean that the Soviet Union is constantly looking for ways to enhance its security and its wider interests at the expense of others, especially of the U.S. and its allies...
Other winners include Schick, which lags 3-to-1 behind Gillette in the U.S. razor-blade market but leads its archrival 7-to-1 in Japan. Schick introduced a twin-blade cartridge in 1972, one year before Gillette, and has an edge over even Feather, the biggest Japanese company in the field...
...assumption underlining attempts to keep the nuclear peace for decades has been that offense is good and defense bad. The superpowers have been deterred from nuclear war by the certainty of retribution. Safety, as Winston Churchill noted in 1955, would be "the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation." Each side had to have confidence that it could survive an enemy first strike and retaliate with a vengeance. That way, neither side would have the incentive to strike first. This principle, described sardonically as Mutual Assured Destruction, or MAD, was the basis of the 1972 SALT...
...every note I'm going to play." Husker Du, a trio on California's SST label, recorded a two-disk punk masterpiece in just 45 hours. Artists on small labels also go without such freebies as drinks and buffets, which have become staples at some music firms. Refreshments at Twin/ Tone Records in Minneapolis, for example, are limited to an occasional twelve- pack of beer...