Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...peace and rebuilding the country. The conditions put forward by Rafsanjani for restoring relations with the U.S. are the same ones he put forward during the life of the Imam ((Khomeini)). They are that America should stop its aggressive policy against Iran and that America can express that by releasing the frozen Iranian assets...
...point again in Shanghai, the city called the "Paris of the East" during the Roaring Twenties; a place made famous forever when, in the 1932 film Shanghai Express, Marlene Dietrich drawled, "It too-oo-k more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily." Shanghai is no longer trendy, modern or even cosmopolitan, but its streets are still tops for infant watching. Sadly, though, the toddlers I see seldom cry or laugh or even suck their thumbs. Most seem sullen. And in the beautiful Jing an Park, which used to be a cemetery before the bodies were exhumed...
...years in politics, he had only $2,900 in the bank. But today O'Neill is faring far better, not just because of his best-selling book, Man of the House, but also due to his status as a trendy spokesman. O'Neill has appeared in ads for American Express and Miller Lite beer, among others. In current TV commercials, he can be seen rising from an open suitcase on the bed of a Quality Inns International motel...
When winos name their poison, two of the most called-for brands are Thunderbird and Night Train Express, favored for their high alcohol content (18%) and low price ($2.29 for a 750-ml bottle). The two wines account for less than 3% of total sales for California's giant E. & J. Gallo winery, but they have become an increasing source of controversy for the company. Last week Gallo said that it had voluntarily told its distributors to stop selling the wines to liquor stores in skid-row areas in U.S. cities...
...executive David Cohen, who had produced similar books on the U.S. and on the Soviet Union with Rick Smolan, dispatched 90 photographers throughout China one day last spring. Months of planning went into the project, which was sponsored by Eastman Kodak, Nikon, Northwest Airlines, BankAmerica, Holiday Inn and Federal Express. Says TIME picture editor Michele Stephenson, who helped supervise the project in Beijing: "As fate would have it, A Day in the Life of China captured a portrait of this sprawling nation hours before the beginning of the student revolt...