Word: wakeful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...page report was commissioned in the wake of the October incident. Despite a three-week effort by 40 search vessels, the Swedish navy never flushed out what it believed were two or more foreign submarines lurking in the waters off Musk Island. Nor could it produce a satisfactory explanation of how the mysterious intruders had penetrated the defenses of the naval base, whose radar keeps a continual watch on Sweden's Baltic Sea coastline facing the Soviet Union...
Those ironic words, written in 1824 at a time of fierce economic nationalism, are still true today. The system of free trade that blossomed after World War II and helped propel a quarter-century of unmatched world prosperity is now under attack. In the wake of a recession that has left 24 million people out of work in the U.S. and Western Europe alone, more and more businessmen, labor leaders and politicians are demanding protectionist barriers against foreign competition...
Amidst its hallowed scenery of wrought iron gates, crawling dark green ivy and Gothic halls adorned by little orange and black seals. Princeton University upperclassmen returned last fall to find the pristine center campus quiet and unchanged from generations past. But on the outskirts of Princeton's territory, underclassmen wake each day to clamoring sounds from campus renovation and construction, as the school's new residential college system gets under...
...Lord. She is a beloved gospel singer, much looked to for moral and artistic guidance by people in her profession. Say Amen, Somebody is a documentary that follows her on her exhausting rounds, from bustling home to jumping church services to emotionally galvanic singing conventions. Following in her wake, the audience meets her mentor (Thomas A. Dorsey, a onetime blues singer and composer, now 83, who is credited with inventing gospel music), her peers and the younger singers she continues to guide. Since the music they make is among the most joyful noises ever sent heavenward, the film...
...warmth was still evident last week, as Kohl paid a 25-hour visit to the White House in the wake of his decisive victory in West Germany's March 6 national elections. Before discussing affairs of state, the two leaders engaged in amiable small talk about such things as the heavy rains in California and the recent visit to the U.S. of Queen Elizabeth II. But the Chancellor was also the bearer of a serious message to the President. Kohl's friendly advice: the U.S. and its West European allies may once again be on a collision course...