Word: connections
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time did my attackers attempt to explain the reasons behind their actions. After the man in question declined my second offer to dance, I had considered the matter settled and never approached him again. It never occurred to me to connect my earlier requests to dance with the harassment I received after the dance was over. My attackers' insults and taunts were without exception directed at the issue of my orientation. As far as I know, they were merely "fag-bashing" a randomly selected homosexual...
...leading destination for legal and perhaps illegal ivory is Asia. Hong Kong is a major manufacturer and exporter of ivory jewelry, and 30% of the colony's output goes to Americans. "People in the U.S. just don't connect ivory with elephants," says Mark Stanley Price, a director of the African Wildlife Foundation, "but every bracelet represents a dead elephant." Another top consumer is Japan, where ivory has long been used for personalized seals called hanko. But under pressure from conservationists, Hong Kong and Japan have begun to check closely the documents on ivory imports to weed out illegal shipments...
...offer some form of eye-improvement therapy, also called vision training. The premise is simple: while eyesight is largely determined by genetics, seeing is an acquired skill, developed through practice, much like walking or swimming. Says Richard Kavner, a New York City optometrist: "The goal is to improve faulty connections between the brain and eye muscle." Common exercises include walking on a balance beam while reading a chart, completing connect-the-dot pictures and touching points in patterns that are flashed rapidly on a screen. Such training is designed to enhance the eye's focusing speed, depth perception and peripheral...
Observant readers will shrewdly connect the smiling fellow at right, surrounded by assault rifles, with this week's cover story on the proliferation of guns in America. Shrewd connection, but wrong. That's New Delhi bureau chief Edward W. Desmond, who has seen his share of these weapons and the wars they fuel in south Asia since his arrival last October. Two weeks ago, Desmond managed to fly to Kabul, the Afghan capital, which faces a turbulent future as Soviet soldiers withdraw and the rebels move in. The nine- year-old war has proved a special challenge to Western reporters...
...Crimson outscored Princeton, 11-4, in the first six minutes of the second half as the Tigers failed to connect on any of the outside jump shots that characterize Carril-coached teams...