Word: underground
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CTBT, signed by 154 nations in 1996, would require all member nations to ban underground nuclear testing. The Senate vote was a major setback to proponents of reducing nuclear proliferation as well as a potentially fatal blow to the treaty itself, which will probably not be internationally ratified as a result of the decision. Other nations with nuclear weapons, including Russia and China, had indicated that they would make their decisions based on the United States' decision. The treaty must be approved by the world's 44 nuclear armed nations to take effect--so far, only 26 have...
India and Pakistan, which both recently alarmed the world with news of their own underground tests, had indicated their decision would be based on the United States'. Many other countries are also looking for U.S. commitment before taking a stand. Following the vote, several nations condemned the Senate for its decision, calling the vote "a serious blow," and "a setback to the process of nonproliferation and disarmament...
...crowd went in expecting sugary confections like the summer radio staple "Steal My Sunshine"--and it's pretty safe to assume it did--a surprise was waiting inside the Paradise. It began with Styles of Beyond, an underground hip-hop group from L.A. While DJ Cheapshot of SOB (an unfortunate self-inflicted acronym) laid down some tight beats, the audience seemed to be waiting for more radio-friendly action. Which is not to say that Styles of Beyond is that far from national exposure--MCs Ryu and Tak Bir's smooth rapping styles foretell a possible MTV explosion some time...
...after being wooed by a combination of Nancy Reagan and Cabernet leftover from the Nixon administration, Edmund Morris agreed to become Ronald Reagan's authorized biographer. What Morris found, or, rather, didn't find, left him in such a state of despair that he went underground for years--quitting drink, staying home weekends and leaving his talents as a virtuoso pianist untapped. Morris spent his time reading the president's private diaries, watching old films and tracking down everyone from Reagan's high school flames to Colin Powell, only to discover that the President had a total lack of interest...
...almost always dark and, more important, damp--with rusty water, gushing blood and other bodily fluids of less determinable origins. It's definitely a style--see his Seven of a few years ago--and it enforces the contrast between the sterilities of his characters' aboveground life and their underground one. Water, even when it's polluted, is the source of life; blood, even when it's carelessly spilled, is the symbol of life being fully lived. To put his point simply: it's better to be wet than...