Word: whirlwinding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite such reminders, John Paul had more pressing pastoral matters to occupy him on the whirlwind tour. The Pope had already visited six Central and West African nations in May 1980. So this second African journey dramatized his special interest in a continent where Roman Catholic missionary activity has led to faster growth for the church than anywhere else on the globe...
...trim, crew-cut Dozier, 50, the days following his dramatic rescue by a team of Italian antiterrorist commandos on Jan. 28 have been a whirlwind of debriefings, press conferences and meetings with heads of state in both Italy and the U.S. Before flying to Washington for breakfast with Reagan, the general lunched with Italian President Sandro Pertini, then met with Prime Minister Giovanni Spadolini at Rome's Chigi Palace. Throughout, Dozier handled himself like a practiced politician, showing no signs of the anxiety or depression that so often afflicts victims of a hostage taking. Only once, when...
...badly needed a human whirlwind like Johnson. Roosevelt described the act, when he signed it in June, as "the most important and far-reaching legislation ever enacted by the American Congress," but it was actually an ill-considered amalgam of two conflicting and somewhat unrealistic strategies. To revive production, which had dropped by almost 50% since 1929, the NRA invited all employers within a given industry to ignore the antitrust laws and draw up their own "codes of fair competition." That implicitly permitted not only production curbs but legalized price fixing. On the other hand, to stop the rapid spread...
Looking ahead to 1982, Reagan still has the initiative in dealing with the disorganized congressional Democrats. But, to use a show-biz term that the President would appreciate, his own whirlwind first year has given him a tough act to follow. He may not be able...
...Ride the Whirlwind (1965, wrote, acted) d. Hellman...