Word: formed
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...seems unlikely, however, that the Democratic Party will accept the new President's offer to form a bipartisan coalition of "national unity." One reason: D.P. Leader Paul Ssemogerere, 48, was once imprisoned by Obote. Disruptive opposition could spell disaster. Says one envoy based in Uganda: "If Obote runs into a lot of trouble, he probably will revert to type." That would mean going back to the days when Obote suspended the constitution, clapped thousands of opponents in jail without trial and ruled in such a high-handed way the people originally danced in the streets when Amin ousted...
...economic success of the Reagan Administration will depend on the continued support of the American public for an austerity program. Lester C. Thurow questioned whether voters would stick with such policies unless they quickly saw tangible results in the form of rising standards of living. He believes that the U.S.'s recent shift to economic conservatism may quickly evaporate. Said he: "The question is how long will the conservative era have to prove itself before the public kicks it out and tries something else. If the conservative policies cannot work relatively quickly, people will cease being conservatives...
...movies: Frankenstein, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Nutty Professor, 2001, Alien, Love Story. It opens at fever pitch and then starts soaring-into genetic fantasy, into a precognitive dream of delirium and delight. Madness is its subject and substance, style and spirit. The film changes tone, even form, with its hero's every new mood and mutation. It expands and contracts with his mind until both almost crack. It keeps threatening to go bonkers, then makes good on its threat, and still remains as lucid as an aerialist on a high wire. It moves with the loping energy...
DIED. Richard G. Drew, 81, Minnesota-born inventor who in 1930, as a laboratory assistant for what is now the 3M Co., combined a glue and glycerin stickum with a strip of transparent cellophane to form Scotch tape; in Santa Barbara, Calif...
...plays itself out in the giants that Jack slays and in the demands of scheming stepmothers. "While it entertains the child," he concludes, "the fairy tale enlightens him about himself, and fosters his personality development." The psychologist does not neglect aesthetics: "Fairy tales are unique not only as a form of literature, but as works of art which are fully comprehensible to the child, as no other form...