Word: twistings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gorbachev also has the satisfaction of knowing that he has re-established the pre-eminence of the top man in the Kremlin as the leader of world Communism -- but with a twist. He is now the leader of the Communist reformation. It is as though Martin Luther had returned in triumph to Rome to be installed as Pope...
...Class Kendall Truitt, 21, who had been sacking powder in a lower-level magazine when the blast took 47 lives. A bespectacled sailor with a mild manner, Truitt calmly recounted his escape from the burning turret. Last week the Navy's inconclusive probe of the explosion took a bizarre twist, and Truitt was shoved front and center again -- but hardly as a hero. Investigators said Truitt might have set off the explosion to kill a shipmate and collect $100,000 in life insurance. At the same time, they said it was also possible that the other sailor, Gunner's Mate...
Such forebodings have caused Hong Kong to react sharply to each twist and turn in the power struggle next door. The Hang Seng index, the main indicator of value of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, swung wildly throughout the week. After dropping nearly 11% on Monday, the index rose 9.3% the next day on signs that the Chinese crisis might be easing. But the continued unrest in China led to further whipsawing that left the index at 2765.67 when trading ended Friday, down a substantial 12% for the week...
...final ironic twist, one of the President's most effective allies in the whole affair has been Jimmy Carter, and now it is the Noriega regime that evokes Teddy Roosevelt's memory to stir up fears that the Yanquis are coming. The Panamanian curse has yet to be lifted, both from the U.S. and from Panama itself...
...careering vehicle and a sacred quest: a search for the Holy Grail, the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper. The film expands the role of Denholm Elliott as a museum curator and tosses in a cameo appearance by Adolf Hitler, who autographs Henry's Grail diary. A new twist is Elsa (capable Alison Doody), a blond sorceress poised between greed and glory. She is an Indy gone wrong, and the series' first indispensable female...